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Write your own function
To improve the switch function we previously learned, you may write your own function. First, add
Does that save a lot of coding? Unfortunately not too much. This means if you do have 50 files, you are better off with regular inclusion or dynamic inclusion. So what is there a way to gracefully handle errors with those two? Not really for regular inclusion but for dynamic inclusion, yes, there is :).
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To improve the switch function we previously learned, you may write your own function. First, add
<?php
function self_include() {
global $_SERVER;
$z = basename($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
// make php extension for it
$z .= ".php";
include($z);
}
?>
in front of:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">Then modify the original code to:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="EditPlus">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
switch($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']) {
case "love":
self_include();
break;
case "nolove":
self_include();
break;
// the following part allows to you call your file without "?"
case "";
include("home.php"); // or whatever you want. make sure it exists!
break;
default:
echo "Sorry, the page doesn't exist!";
}
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>
mod2_test4.php?love and mod2_test4.php?nolove.
Does that save a lot of coding? Unfortunately not too much. This means if you do have 50 files, you are better off with regular inclusion or dynamic inclusion. So what is there a way to gracefully handle errors with those two? Not really for regular inclusion but for dynamic inclusion, yes, there is :).
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