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Posted by Edward Vermillion on 07/31/05 17:04
Tom Chubb wrote:
> I am trying to create my own news system and to start with I'm using
> static news pages until I get the db working properly.
> I'm using the following code:
>
> <?php
> if(!isset($_GET['id']))
> { $article="$id.php"
> if (file_exists($article)) { include $article; }
> else { echo "The article you've requested does not exist!"; }
> }
> else { echo "You did not select an article"; }
> ?>
>
> I am testing using the following links...
>
> www.myurl.co.uk/index.php
> www.myurl.co.uk/index.php?id=1
> www.myurl.co.uk/index.php?id=2
>
> When I try the first one, I'd expect it to say you did not select an
> article, but it says
>
>
> Notice: Undefined variable: id in
> /home/5217/tomchubb/public_html/index.php on line 15
> The article you've requested does not exist
>
>
> When I try the third link, I would expect it to say The article
> you've requested does not exist! but it says:
>
> Parse error: parse error in /home/5217/tomchubb/public_html/index.php on line 16
>
> Lines 15 & 16 are:
> if (file_exists($article)) { include $article; }
> else { echo "The article you've requested does not exist!"; }
>
> I don't understand why this isn't working and I've tried looking into
> this for 2 hours!
> Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong please?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
What I notice is that the first error says it's on line 15, then you
give lines 15 and 16 in the second example but line 15 doesn't have "id"
in it. Are you sure your looking at the right lines? Try posting the
whole script and maybe someone can catch the problem.
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