PHP - Add and stack a value with a session - php

Let's say I have a $variable, which contains the word "hey" and a link with a GET parameter.
HTML
Link
PHP
$var = "hey";
if ($_GET['add'] == 'true') {
$var .= "2";
echo $var;
}
When I click on the link, it will add "2" to the variable value "hey", so the
output is: hey2.
Is there a way of keep adding (stacking) the numbers on click with pure PHP?
If i click again, I'd like to have hey22, hey222 (...)
EDIT: It looks like it isn't going to work with variables, so the best answer goes to #Bunker Boy because he solved it with sessions.

#Syno try this:
// mywebsite.html
Link
//mywebsite.php
<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_SESSION["var"])){
if ($_GET['add'] == 'true') {
$_SESSION["var"] .= "2";
echo $_SESSION["var"];
}
}
else{
$_SESSION["var"] = "hey";
if ($_GET['add'] == 'true') {
$_SESSION["var"] .= "2";
echo $_SESSION["var"];
}
}

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Convert classis asp if statement to php

Am still very new to PHP and need to convert existing pages to php, could anyone show me how to convert the code below to php please?
<%If rsMembership.Fields.Item("MemberOfGroup").Value = "0" then response.write ("Main Member")Else response.write ("Belongs to Member = ")&(rsMembership.Fields.Item("MemberOfGroup").Value)End if%>
Update: This works, not sure if its correct, cant seem to be able to put value as ="0", only works if I put <"1"
<?php
if ($row_rsMembership['MemberOfGroup']< "1")
{
echo "Main Member";
}
else
{
echo "Belongs to Member =" . $row_rsMembership['MemberOfGroup'];
}
?>
To compare a value in a PHP If statement use == and not =, i.e.:
if ($row_rsMembership['MemberOfGroup'] == "0")
{
echo "Main Member";
}
else
{
echo "Belongs to Member =" . $row_rsMembership['MemberOfGroup'];
}

Different page titles with one header file?

How do you do multiple page titles with on header file? Theres one thing though. For the index page, i've got
error_reporting(0);
if ($_GET["error"]=="404") {
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_header.php");
include("include/404");
include("include/index");
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_footer.php");
} else {
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_header.php");
include("include/index");
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_footer.php");
}
So i would have the header before anything else. So how would i manage to make so that
index?error=404 and index have different titles? Thanks in advance.
In overall_header.php
<?php
$title = "Hello, wolrd!";
if ( $_GET["error"] == "404" ) {
$title = "Error";
}
?>
<title><?php echo $title; ?></title>
Use JavaScript and document.title.
Example:
<script language="javascript">document.title = "My Title"</script>
JS can be used in body.
Another method is to set a $GLOBAL variable before including everything.
Example:
error_reporting(0);
$GLOBALS['404'] = 0;
if ($_GET["error"]=="404") {
$GLOBALS['404'] = 1;
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_header.php");
include("include/404");
include("include/index");
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_footer.php");
} else {
$GLOBALS['404'] = 0;
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_header.php");
include("include/index");
include("forum/styles/art_air/web_template/overall_footer.php");
}
In your overall_header.php:
if($GLOBALS['404'] == 1) echo '<title>404: Not Found</title>';
else echo '<title>My Title</title>';
You could try a switch
<?php
$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
switch($page) {
case "index.php":
echo "<title>My Homepage</title>";
break;
case "apples.php":
echo "<title>The Best Apples!</title>";
break;
case "bananas.php":
echo "<title>We Sell Bananas</title>";
break;
}
?>

PHP if/else statement

How can I write the following statement in PHP:
If body ID = "home" then insert some html, e.g.
<h1>I am home!</h1>
Otherwise, insert this html:
<p>I'm not home.</p>
Doing it with native PHP templating:
<?php if ($bodyID==='home') { ?>
<h1>I am home!</h1>
<?php } else { ?>
<p>I'm not home!</p>
<?php } ?>
You can try using this :
$html = '';
if ( $body_id === 'home' )
{
$html .= '<h1>I am home!</h1>';
}
else
{
$html .= '<p>I\'m not home.</p>';
}
echo $html;
This will echo the html code depending on the $body_id variable and what it contains.
You can use a switch command like so:
switch($body)
{
case 'home': //$body == 'home' ?
echo '<h1>I am home!</h1>';
break;
case 'not_home':
default:
echo '<p>I'm not home.</p>';
break;
}
The default means that if $body does not match any case values, then that will be used, the default is optional.
Another way is as you say, if/else statements, but if within template / view pages you should try and use like so:
<?php if ($body == 'home'):?>
<h1>I am home!</h1>
<?php else:?>
<p>I'm not home!</p>
<?php endif; ?>
Assuming $bodyID is a variable:
<?php
if ($bodyID==='home') {
echo "<h1>I am home!</h1>";}
else {
echo "<p>I'm not home!</p>";}
?>
Personally I think that the best way to do that without refreshing and without having to set a variable (like $body or something like that) is to use a javascript code, this because "communications" between JS & PHP is a one-way communication.
<script language="javascript">
<!--
if( document.body.id === "home" ){
window.document.write("<h1>I am home!</h1>") ;
}
else{
window.document.write("<p>I'm not home!</p>") ;
}
-->
</script>
otherwise you can build a form and then take the body.id value using $_GET function... It always depends on what you've to do after you now body.id value.
Hope this will be usefull & clear.
you can try in the following way:
$body_id = "home";
if ($body_id == "home") {
echo "I am home!";
} else {
echo "I am not home!";
}
or
$body_id = "home";
if (strcmp($body_id, "home") !== 0) {
echo 'I am not home!';
}
else {
echo 'I am home!';
}
Reference:
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/string-comparison-using-vs-strcmp-in-php/

Need help in display members name when logged in using PHP?

for some r.eason I cant display a logged in users name when they are logged in? the code is below
<?php
if (isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
echo '<?php if (isset($_SESSION[\'first_name\'])) { echo ", {$_SESSION[\'first_name\']}!"; } ?>';
if ($_SESSION['user_level'] == 1) {
echo 'something else';
}
} else { echo 'something';
}
?>
Thanks every one but i solved it.
Ack! Just look at your code. Do you know what this line is doing?
echo '<?php if (isset($_SESSION[\'first_name\'])) { echo ", {$_SESSION[\'first_name\']}!"; } ?>';
That's so wrong I don't even know where to begin. Just try
echo $_SESSION['first_name'];
And see if that gets you closer to what you want ;)
Make sure you're also calling session_start() before trying to access the variables.
Change your code to:
<?php
session_start();
if (isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
if (isset($_SESSION['first_name'])) {
echo ", " . $_SESSION['first_name']} . '!';
if ($_SESSION['user_level'] == 1) {
echo 'something else';
}
} else {
echo 'something';
}
?>
This is not a valid PHP code. Single quote "'" are not pair up. The block ('{' and '}') are also not pairing up.
The most importantly, the code to show the first name is in a string so it will not be shown.
I think the code you are trying to write is:
<?php
if (isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {
if (isset($_SESSION['first_name'])) {
echo ", {$_SESSION['first_name']}!";
}
if ($_SESSION['user_level'] == 1) {
echo 'something else';
}
} else {
echo 'something';
}
?&gtl
Is it?
Here are the list of possibilities of the mistakes and make sure that you have corrected them
1) have you set the cookie "first_name" using setcookie method...?
2) Then have u called the session_start() function so that the session variables can be called in that page??
3) Try echo $_SESSION['first_name']... i don understand why you have put the flower brackets coz i never have used them even once in my 15 php projects..

If-statement: how to pull 2nd GET variable

How do I get this to pull my 2nd variable? (I already have a switch setup)
<body id="<?php if (! isset($_GET['page'])) { echo "home"; } else { $_GET['page']; echo $page; } ?>">
I have a switch statement that pulls the pages from
index.php?page=#####
and I have just added this part to my switch:
index.php?page=####&section=#####
Right now, if I am on page=photos, my code ends up being:
<body id="photos">
I need to make it so that if any link has the "sections" variable on it like this page=photos&section=cars it uses the same ID:
<body id="photos">
First of all, a HTML element can only have one id. So if you want to create a hybrid (e.g. page-section) you can do something like this:
<body id="<?php echo isset($_GET['page']) ? $_GET['page'] : "home"; echo isset($_GET['section']) ? ("-".$_GET['section']) : ''; ?>">
For more information on Ternary Operators in PHP (the ? and : I used in the echo statement) see http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php
I am not entirely sure I understand your question, but where you're doing:
$_GET['page']; echo $page;
What do you think is happening? You're echoing a variable that has no definition. If you want to echo the value passed in the url, just do:
echo $_GET['page'];
GET doesnt mean your getting the varible, its the method by which the variable was passed to he page. The possible methods are get (in the url) or post (not).
Wouldn't that be an if to find out it if the section was defined? i.e.
if(isset($_GET['section'])){
//create div
} elseif(isset($_GET['page']){
//create fallback div
}
Move the PHP code outside the body's id attribute for readability, and use else if. Make sure your code isn't vulnerable to injection by sanitizing or validating input from $_GET. For example:
<?php
function isValidID($x) {
return preg_match('/^[A-Z][-_.A-Za-z0-9]$/i', $x);
}
if (isset($_GET['section']) && isValidID($_GET['section'])) {
$bodyID = $_GET['section'];
} else if (isset($_GET['page']) && isValidID($_GET['page'])) {
$bodyID = $_GET['page'];
} else {
$bodyID = 'home';
}
?>
...
<body id="<?php echo $bodyID; ?>">
Alternatively,
<?php
function isValidID($x) {
return preg_match('/^[A-Z][-_.A-Za-z0-9]$/i', $x);
}
$bodyID='home';
foreach (array('section', 'home') as $key) {
if (isset($_GET[$key]) && isValidID($_GET[$key])) {
$bodyID = $_GET[$key];
break;
}
}
?>
...
<body id="<?php echo $bodyID; ?>">
In this case, I'd use the first, unrolled version. If you had to check more input keys, use the loop-based approach.
If you decide you want both page & section in the ID, you can try something like:
<?php
function isValidID($x) {
return preg_match('/^[A-Z][-_.A-Za-z0-9]$/i', $x);
}
if (isset($_GET['page']) && isValidID($_GET['page'])) {
$bodyID = $_GET['page'];
} else {
$bodyID = 'home';
}
if (isset($_GET['section']) && isValidID($_GET['section'])) {
$bodyID .= '_' . $_GET['section'];
}
?>
...
<body id="<?php echo $bodyID; ?>">

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