How do i use php

**remnightfall** · 03-25-2010 03:16 PM

Okay sory if this has already been answered or if its in the wrong section, the search button isn't working.

Okay my problem is i want to be able to edit every single page at once. And i googled it, and it said there was a thing called PHP, and i tried it on x10hosting and it either doesn't work for me or im not doing it wrong.

This is my website and if you look in the top left corner it will say *Recent forum posts * and i realized i would have to go to every single page to change that, so if someone knows how to use PHP please explain to me, cause im really really confused.

http://bluehedgehog.pcriot.com/index.php (under construction nothing works right now)

**techairlines** · 03-25-2010 03:22 PM

You can try using PHP includes for that function.

Create a file with the information/code you want to include there and name the file recent.php. On the main pages, replace the recent posts code with:

Code:

<?php include("recent.php"); ?>

Name all your website pages .php rather than .html. Upload all the files to the same directory.

Example:

On your main index page, have the following code:

Code:

<html>
<body>
<?php include ("recent.php")?>
<p>Welcome!</p>
</body>
</html>

On your recent.php file, have the following code:

Code:

<div id="recentrecord"><img width="229" height="70" src="recentforumposts2.png" title="" alt="">
<ul>
<li>test</li>
<li>this is just a test</li>
<li>test</li>
<li>mhmm still a test<br>
</li>
<li>testomg</li></ul>
<div class="clearthis">&nbsp;</div></div>

When others view your website, they will load the following source code:

Code:

<html>
<body>
<div id="recentrecord"><img width="229" height="70" src="recentforumposts2.png" title="" alt="">
<ul>
<li>test</li>
<li>this is just a test</li>
<li>test</li>
<li>mhmm still a test<br>
</li>
<li>testomg</li></ul>
<div class="clearthis">&nbsp;</div></div>
<p>Welcome!</p>
</body>
</html>

A full detailed tutorial on PHP Includes can be found at: http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_includes.asp

**remnightfall** · 03-25-2010 03:24 PM

Iv tried that it dosnt do anything.

**~~Livewire~~** · 03-25-2010 03:26 PM

PHP is functioning on the x10 servers so you'll want to try a tutorial, but there's at least one big key point I should make here.

PHP doesn't work if the page extension is .html (such as index.html) - it has to be index.php or the server will not attempt to parse the php code correctly. That might've been causing your problems where it wasn't working

EDIT: Oh, and you have to code the file it's including; when you include recent.php, you have to have a recent.php there for it to include.

**remnightfall** · 03-25-2010 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by techairlines

you can try using php includes for that function.

Create a file with the information/code you want to include there and name the file recent.php. On the main pages, replace the recent posts code with:

Code:

<?php include("recent.php"); ?>

name all your website pages .php rather than .html. Upload all the files to the same directory.

example:

on your main index page, have the following code:

Code:

<html>
<body>
<?php include ("recent.php")?>
<p>welcome!</p>
</body>
</html>

on your recent.php file, have the following code:

Code:

<div id="recentrecord"><img width="229" height="70" src="recentforumposts2.png" title="" alt="">
<ul>
<li>test</li>
<li>this is just a test</li>
<li>test</li>
<li>mhmm still a test<br>
</li>
<li>testomg</li></ul>
<div class="clearthis">&nbsp;</div></div>

when others view your website, they will load the following source code:

Code:

<html>
<body>
<div id="recentrecord"><img width="229" height="70" src="recentforumposts2.png" title="" alt="">
<ul>
<li>test</li>
<li>this is just a test</li>
<li>test</li>
<li>mhmm still a test<br>
</li>
<li>testomg</li></ul>
<div class="clearthis">&nbsp;</div></div>
<p>welcome!</p>
</body>
</html>

a full detailed tutorial on php includes can be found at: http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_includes.asp

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**remnightfall** · 03-25-2010 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Livewire

PHP is functioning on the x10 servers so you'll want to try a tutorial, but there's at least one big key point I should make here.

PHP doesn't work if the page extension is .html (such as index.html) - it has to be index.php or the server will not attempt to parse the php code correctly. That might've been causing your problems where it wasn't working

EDIT: Oh, and you have to code the file it's including; when you include recent.php, you have to have a recent.php there for it to include.

Okay i did that

**remnightfall** · 03-25-2010 03:40 PM

Ohkay I did everything i was suppose to do...Now all i see is test tes tes test and "Welcome" and recent forum post banner? is this suppose to happen

**Thomas David Bell** · 03-25-2010 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by remnightfall

Ohkay I did everything i was suppose to do...Now all i see is test tes tes test and "Welcome" and recent forum post banner? is this suppose to happen

If you coped and pasted his PHP script, then yes.

**techairlines** · 03-25-2010 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by remnightfall

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so mucchhhhhh

You're welcome. Glad I could help.

Originally Posted by remnightfall

Ohkay I did everything i was suppose to do...Now all i see is test tes tes test and "Welcome" and recent forum post banner? is this suppose to happen

My code snippet I posted above was just for the Recent Post area. Remember to add the rest of the site's content to the code for each page. If you have any more dynamic content, you can always create more PHP files and include more.

**remnightfall** · 03-26-2010 03:41 PM

Ohkay thanks xD

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