So I'm building this website; the first I've tried to build using a mostly dynamic structure. What I've done is create a mysql table, with two fields: id and page_val. The idea is you call the page like http://www.someplace.com/page.php?id=404 and it'll spit back (in this case) the infamous 404 not found page. I've got it so it'll spit back stuff from the DB, but only if I hard-code it...which defies the whole point of this exercise. Here's what I've got thus far: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Welcome to boardlady.com!</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css"> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.2" src="main.js"type="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> </head> <body> <DIV id="TipLayer" style="visibility:hidden;position:absolute;z-index:1000;top:-100"></DIV> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript1.2" src="style.js" type="text/javascript"></SCRIPT> <table width=750> <tr><td> <table> <tr><td><img src="banner-1.gif" alt="The Board Lady - Eva-M. Hollmann"></td><td>Over <b>3,281</b> Served!</td></tr> </table> <table><tr><td class="sidebox"><a href="index.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[00],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">HOME</a><br><br><br><a href="intro.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[01],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">INTRO</a><br><br><br><a href="repairs.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[02],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">REPAIRS</a><br><br><br><a href="prices.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[03],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">PRICES</a><br><br><br><a href="faq.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[04],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">FAQ</a><br><br><br><a href="trailer.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[05],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">TRAILER</a><br><br><br><a href="contact.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[06],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">CONTACT ME</a><br><br><br><a href="directions.html" onMouseOver="stm(Text[07],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">DIRECTIONS</a></td> <td valign="top"> <!--Begin main body text--> <?php define ('DB_USER', 'user'); define ('DB_PASSWORD', '********'); define ('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define ('DB_NAME', 'database'); $dbc = mysql_connect (DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD) OR die ('Could not connect to database: ' . mysql_error()); @mysql_select_db (DB_NAME) OR die ('Could not connect to database: ' . mysql_error()); if ($page_req == "") {$id="index";} elseif ($page_req == "index") {$id="index";} else { $id="404";} $query = "SELECT page_val FROM boardlady_site WHERE id =404"; $result = @mysql_query ($query); while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {echo $row[0];} mysql_close(); ?> <!--End main body text--> </td> </tr> <tr><td colspan=2><center><div class="footer" onMouseOver="stm(Text[08],Style[12])" onMouseOut="htm()">This site <a href="copyright.html" style="color:#2f2f2f; font-size:xx-small;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;" target="new">copyright (C)</a> 2004 by Eva-M. Hollmann. All rights reserved.</div><div class="footer"><br>Website design by Dan at <a href="http://www.dibcomputers.com"; style="color:#2f2f2f; font-size:xx-small;text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;" target="new">DIB Computers.</a></div></center></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </body> </html> First off, I need to know how to fetch variables out of the URL. I know this is /supposed/ to be easy...but dammit I just can't get it to work. The other part that's pissing me off is trying to stuff a variable inside my query variable...no matter what I try I get a syntax error. Yeah, I'm that noob. So were we all. Thanks in advance, Dan
