The title may be a bit awful as I'm really not sure how to describe what I'm trying to achieve without using lots of words.
I'm currently building an events website. This website has the option for users to create their own events which can be added to a big list of upcoming events that other users have submitted.
What I want to do is be able to have a user create an event and have the details of the event stored in an SQL database (which I've successfully done), I want to be able to then have a large list of events on a separate page the details of which are pulled from the server dynamically using PHP and SQL (I've also successfully done this). The part I am struggling with however is being able to create unique pages (or a single dynamic page) that displays a more detailed look at the event, such as age restrictions etc etc, which cannot be displayed on the big list which displays all the available events.
I figured that this could be done using a unique eventID, which is something the SQL database already includes and autoincrements with each new event entry. What I'm really not sure about is how I'd be able to pass that eventID through the link to the more detailed page so that the detailed page can be created displaying all of the details of the event.
I'm not even sure if this idea will work at all. Would having a page with a unique URL that is created on event submission that has a more in-depth look at the details of the event be a better idea? How would I go about creating unique URL webpages that correspond to each event on event submission?
I'm really not sure how I need to go about this at all, so I need some help and pointing in the right direction.
Here's a kind of TLDR:
1) Events website
2) All events on the website are displayed on a single page that has minimal detail about each event (title, date, location) BUT has a link to a page that displays the event in more detail.
3) User can select an event from the list and click on that event's unique HTML link to more detailed page
4) More detailed page displays event in more detail by pulling event's unique information from the database
Feel free to ask any questions at all as I know this probably isn't the easiest idea to get across
When creating the links from the general listing page to the detail page, simply include the id in the link. For example:
<A HREF="mysite.com/detail.php?id=3>Big Event</A>
In detail.php then, you'll find the id in $_GET['id'].
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The title may be a little vague, but I'll try to explain the concept here.
I have a site in which daily new items ( sports games ), get published, now what I would love is that my users would be able to click on a certain game and get redirected to a new page with more detailed information about that one game.
The thing is, creating every php page seperate for every game each day is a lot of work because also a lot details in the page need to be changed.
Now I was wondering if it is possible in some kind of way that there's a script that reads, OK you have 5 games today, page 1 = id number, title of the page is the matches name, extra info is the info that stands with that id.
I don't know how else to explain this so I hope this was good enough.
Thanks for your time and reading this :)
You can use requests to select the page (the best way is to use $_GET as suggested by gbestard) to select the ID. Then you can have some static content (like url or short article or link to screen shot or something similar) stored in your database under the same ID as the game, and upon clicking on the link to the game, the page is reloaded and you populate it with the new content, that was stored in the database.
You can even store entire pages with static html (as in article or short game description in your case) content and etc in your database and simply call them to populate a div.
If you have something like a custom made admin section of your site, you can add a page to edits it with a js plugin like ckeditor and the creation/editing of articles will be a piece of cake.
It's pretty much a standard case of a CMS(Content management system).
The scenario (all happening within the administration area/backend):
From the listing page, the user clicks a link to view an article (on the backend).
From the article view page, the user clicks a link to edit that article.
In the article edit page, form is submitted to the current uri.
If validation succeeds or user cancels, user is redirected to the article view page.
From the article view page, the user click a 'back' link to return to the listing page.
List <--> View <--> Edit
Right now, I'm only able to track referring url from a previous page. In the edit form, I'm using a hidden field to maintain referral to the view page, lest it be changed during failed form POST submission to itself and user remains in the edit page.
Problem is that when the user returns to the view page from edit, the 'back' link to the listing page is now linked to the edit page.
FYI,
The listing page url is dynamic as the user should return to the listing on the same page and sort order (stored in query strings); therefore a fixed url is out of the question.
In the past, I've tried using sessions (e.g. SESSION['view_to_list_ref'] SESSION['edit_to_view_ref']), but it messed up with multiple tabs.
I could transition between view/edit via ajax, but I'm hoping to keep the app simple and ajaxless at this point of time.
I'm using PHP + Kohana 3.2 Framework
The only solution I can think of is to have the list page url encoded and appended to the 'view article' link via query string. This way, the location of the listing page is preserved even while in the edit page; as the referring url back to view page would also contain the listing page url in the query string. However I don't really like the idea of 'dirtying' the url with long parameter values (encoded or not).
I'm really hoping there is a more elegant solution to this problem of generally tracking multiple levels of page referrals; not just specifically to solving the scenario I've mentioned.
EDIT: Oh and the solution should be able to support multiple tabs performing the same scenario.
You could track the pages by using a unique identifying code in a PHP session, a temporary variable, and using a temporary database table that tracks page loads by these temporary values.
The database structure might be:
+-------------+-------------------+---------------------+
| Unique ID | Page Referral | Time of page load |
+-------------+-------------------+---------------------+
Tracking time of page load would allow you to selectively wipe loads older than X minutes, and keep the table relatively small.
Anyway, this would allow you to keep as many levels as you'd like, and if you wanted to add an auto incrementing counter field, or your own counter field, you could even keep a simple to use number system that tracks page loads, though I believe the time of page load would suffice for that scenario.
I have a ticketing site ( eventtickx.com...click buy tickets on the event ghana # 55(you will see the layout)). I want to generate embed code for event managers for each event they post. I want an embed code for the tickets available section only which has the information ( ticket assignment, quantity and price). so basically this is what I am trying to do ..generate an embed code for tickets available section of a page for each event to event manager that created the event. how do I go about doing this? Thanks for your help.
I'm not sure if I fully understand you, but I think you would like to provide a snippet like <iframe src="http://eventtickx.com/embed_event.php?eid=123"></iframe> to enable people to embed a little info box for a specific event on their site (like you can do with YouTube videos)?
What you would need is a script (e.g. embed_event.php) that provides the iframe content and takes one GET parameter.
This script would do the necesserary queries (getting event name, description, available tickets etc. from the database) and display them as a complete HTML page (similar to what you are doing in event_details.php).
The GET param would be typically the event ID that you could use to query your database.
The embed code could be generated as soon as you know the event ID (usually after you have inserted the dataset into you database when creating the event).
I have searched online for this issue, but the results are mostly based around Excel.
I have a webpage that has a list of videos. Every time someone clicks on a link, they are taken to a separate page where they can view a video. I have a table in my mysql database that links video id to views. I would like to increment the views column every time someone clicks on the link.
I know how to do this on the database side, but I am trying to figure out how to trigger the DB operation via PHP. I thought about having a script at the top of the page that calls the stored procedure to update the tally everytime the page is loaded, but the problem with this is that the video doesn't start automatic ally when the page loads. Users have to manually click on "play".
Why not write an Update query on the table which gets called everytime a link is clicked?
It is a little confusing where you want to increment the counter. You give three situations:
When a user clicks a link to a particular video's page
When a user loads a particular video's page
When a user clicks play on a video
1 & 2 wouldn't give an accurate count of those who actually watched the video, so I'll choose that you meant 3.
It depends on your video player then. If the player has a way to hook a javascript function to the start of a video, then you can use that to make an ajax request back to a server page that updates your database. If the player has no hooks then you're limited to on page load, which will be less reliable.
Does this help? If I miss understood the question, please clarify by updating the question or adding comments. PS. adding code of what you've tried goes a long away as well.
I am working on a search script and on each search result I want a report link button. I am not sure how to make one. I have looked on google for answers but cannot come up with anything. Can anyone give me an idea of what to do? or does anyone know where there is an example of this? I plan on using the link id and making a new table on mysql to send reports to. I am just looking for a basic button to send reports to mysql I am just not sure what would be the best way to do it. I have the data for the link id's I just need to be able to report it to a new table I am assuming. Any suggestions or examples are very appreciated. Thanks.
Chris,
First you will want to create that new table in your database to capture this information. Lets assume to you will have the following fields (very basic, you may want to add more): ReportId, LinkId, DateReported. ReportId is our primary key, LinkId is the ID you reference in your question and the DateReported is the server time we logged the transaction.
With this table created you are going to want to create a new php page, lets call it report-link.php. You are going to want to make this page accept a querystring variable called linkid (accessible in the $_GET[] collection). In the code of this page you will want to write a SQL query that inserts the value of the linkid parameter into the new link report table in the database (along with the date()).
On your search page you will be able to have users report an entry by clicking a link with the href of /path/to/report-link.php?linkid=<?php echo $link_id; ?>
Please note this example is very simplistic in nature, and offers no security for spamming, pleasant end user experience after they click the link, but this is the process you will want to follow in setting this feature up. After you have it working you can spruce up the experience for your users.