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steadicamop

07-26-2007 11:22 AM

PHP $_GET help please (a bit of a newbie question)

Hey guys, I'm just getting into PHP and have started on a site for someone, it will be dual language, and this is what I have so far:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php

if(isset($_GET['lang']))

if($lang == "en")   {   ?>

        <div align="center">

          <p align="justify">English Text</p>

        </div> </div>

<?php 

    }      

else if($lang == "nl")

          { ?>

                <div align="center">

                  <p align="justify">Dutch Text</p>

    </div></div>

<?php } ?>

Now, I'm using index.php?lang=en or lang=nl for each one, but I can figure out where I'm going wrong - when the page loads there is no text, I want it to default to Dutch - how do I achieve this? I thought I knew how but it wouldn't work.

Is there any other easier way of achieveing this as well? I thought this was the easiest way I could find.

Cheers

Jason

nexialys

07-26-2007 11:40 AM

actually, $_GET['lang'] goes nowhere, as you call for a different variable afterward: $lang...

use $_GET['lang'] everywhere...

steadicamop

07-26-2007 11:44 AM

Strangely enough - when I go down that road - it no longer works, but as my code above - that works fine ... any suggestions?

Cheers

[edit] I removed the == and replaced with just one - I've put two in and it's fine now, but I still need to figure out how to default it to Dutch (when there is no ?lang=nl placed at the end of the script)

Andreas

07-26-2007 11:51 AM

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php
if (!isset($_GET'lang']))
{
    $lang = 'nl';
}
else
{
    $lang =& $_GET['lang'];
}

if ($lang == 'en')
{
    ?>
    <div align="center">
    <p align="justify">English Text</p>
    </div>
    <?php 
}      
else
{
    ?>
    <div align="center">
    <p align="justify">Dutch Text</p>
    </div>
    <?php
}
?>

This defaults to nl if lang is not set or anything other than en.
Anyway, mixing code and data is no good practice!

I'd suggest to use a template engine.

steadicamop

07-26-2007 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andreas (Post 1302118)

I'd suggest to use a template engine.

Store everything in a MySQL database and pull it out that way? That was an option but for a simple site, I thought it was just easier to pull it out of each page (plus it would share my Forum database which often has too many connections).

Thanks for your help - I understand it better now.

Jason

Andreas

07-26-2007 12:03 PM

Quote:

Store everything in a MySQL database and pull it out that way?

Not necessarily.

You might want to take a look at Smarty.

steadicamop

07-26-2007 12:46 PM

Installed and experimenting - thanks guys, your help is very much appreciated :)

Jason

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