PHP - Loading Content Within Category & Pages

Hey everyone, I'm new to web programming so I thought I would join a active community to help me out. Anyhow, I'm making a game portal and I want the users games to have a url like so... games/username/gamename. From what I understand I could get this structure by simply using data from my login session(username) and using my upload form(gamename) and mkdir. Then I would need to have an index page inside every gamename folder? How would I add the index pages inside such folders. This way seems pretty inefficient to do considering I could pull the games dynamically in a single php file. Is there a way I can make my url look nice and still use one file to handle the embedding of the games, comments etc. Thanks

Hi Everyone,

Please excuse my lack of tech. terminology. I'm in the learning stages of php/myslq

Do you know how both the below pages are very similiar. The only thing that's different is the actual location(s). My question is, is the same code being used for all of these template pages? If so, how does the code know differentiate between different states/cities/?

Does each state or even city have a different template? <<--- Thinking out loud here, I don't believe so because that would defeat the purpose of php/mysql. What do you think?

http://cars.oodle.com/regions/illinois/
http://cars.oodle.com/regions/indiana/

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

http://cars.oodle.com/regions/illinois/ <<--- Assuming this code is being used on the "state template" how does the php/mysql code on this page know how to show data from the Bloomington area of Illinois? (assuming it's not custom code for the above page)

http://cars.oodle.com/used-cars/bloomington-il-area/ <<--- Assuming this code is being used on the "cars template" how does the php/mysql code on this page know how to show data from the Bloomington area of Illinois? (assuming it's not custom code for the above page)

Thanks everyone!

I got a question  regarding a news website content that i want to make ! my question is how do i   call my contents without using a lot of page?   i explain   let's say i got 10 news how do i put this 10 news in different pages without using 10 pages ? ex: you can see some links having a number like this http://bbc.uk/news/murder_case-12 then the next page got http://bbc.uk/news/finance-13 the title and the number id change but the page news doesnt change    thanks for your answer.

So I am having some difficulties with a category system. I want my code to search the database an unlimited amount of times to the very last directory and then display it in tree view on my screen. I'm having some trouble because I am having to specify how many depths the code will search. How can I get it to do this on it's own? Currently my code does this...
 

<?php
// Establish SQL Connection.

$mysqli			=	mysqli_connect( $sql['host'], $sql['user'], $sql['pass'], $sql['db'] ) or die( "DARN");
$query			=	$mysqli->query( "SELECT * FROM folders ORDER BY name ASC" );
$num_rows	=	$query->num_rows;


echo "Found <b>" . $num_rows . "</b> row(s) in the database!<br>";


	while ( $row = mysqli_fetch_array( $query ) )
	{
		// DO NOT REMOVE
		$id		=	$row['id'];
		$name	=	$row['name'];
		$parent	=	$row['parent'];
		
		/***************************************************************************************************/
		
		if ( $parent == 0 )
		{
			echo $id . " " . $name . " " . $parent . "<br>";
			
			$query2	=	$mysqli->query( "SELECT * FROM folders WHERE parent = " . $id . " ORDER BY name ASC" );
			
			while ( $row2 = mysqli_fetch_array( $query2 ) )
			{
				echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;" . $row2['name'] . "<br>";
			}
		}
	}
?>

I know it's messy, doing the best I can.     DB looks a little like this...   +----+---------+--------+

An array of "categories" is given:

    $categories = array(
        array("id" => 1, "title" => "Pants", "children" => array(
            array("id" => 2,
                "title" => "Boots",
                "children" => array(
                    array("id" => 3, "title" => "Leather"),
                    array("id" => 4, "title" => "Textile"),
                ),
            ),
            array("id" => 5, "title" => "Sneakers"),
        ),
        ),
        array(
            "id" => 6,
            "title" => "Sort",
            "children" => array(
                array(
                    "id" => 7,
                    "title" => "Balls",
                ),
            ),
        ),
    );

I need to write a function searchCategory ($categories, $id) that returns the name of the category by the category ID.

Help me please.

I have the following result that I am getting from a source.

Code: [Select]
SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [CategoryID] => 1
    [Name] => Other
    [Order] => 0
    [link] => http://www.link.com?sub=1
)

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [CategoryID] => 1233916011
    [Name] => ceramic
    [Order] => 1
    [ChildCategory] => SimpleXMLElement Object
        (
            [CategoryID] => 1234016011
            [Name] => dish
            [Order] => 1
        )

    [link] => http://www.link.com?sub=13476
)

SimpleXMLElement Object
(
    [CategoryID] => 1233917011
    [Name] => laminate
    [Order] => 2
    [link] => http://www.link.com?sub=98247
)

I need to get it into a database with the following structure

Code: [Select]
id  categoryID  cName  cOrder  clink  cparent 

By using
Code: [Select]
foreach($this->resp->Store->CustomCategories->CustomCategory as $cat) {
$sub = $cat->CategoryID;
$ord = $cat->Order;
$linkto = "$stlink?fsub=$fsub";
$nm = htmlspecialchars($cat->Name);
$par=$cat->ChildCategory->Order;
$query = "INSERT INTO Cat (categoryID,cName,cOrder,clink,cparent) VALUES ('$sub','$nm','$ord','$linkto','$par')";
$result = @mysql_query ($query); // Run the query.
}

I can get
Code: [Select]
id   categoryID   cName   cOrder  clink                          cparent
1    1            Other   0       http://www.link.com?sub=1      0
2    1233916011   ceramic 1       http://www.link.com?sub=13476  0
2    1233917011   laminate 2      http://www.link.com?sub=98247  0
But I need to get the ChildCategory in there w/ cparent like
Code: [Select]
id   categoryID   cName   cOrder  clink                          cparent
1    1            Other   0       http://www.link.com?sub=1      0
2    1233916011   ceramic 1       http://www.link.com?sub=13476  0
3    1234016011   dish    1                                      1  <--- like this
4    1233917011   laminate 2      http://www.link.com?sub=98247  0
any help appreciated...

Hope I am in the right area.  I am working on a project which is sort of a business directory.  I have a category table, a sub-category table then the actual account table.  So a user clicks on the category, then selects the sub-category to view information of accounts in that category, and then be able to click to see the full profile.  Here's where I am getting stuck.  A user may be listed in more than one sub.  As an example, let's say a parent is Cars, then subs might be New, Used, Parts, etc.  Now a particular user might be listed under all three subs.  How can I link them?  I have my cat/sub linked via parent/child id's.  However, how can I get the user to be linked to multiple subs?  Would I need to create a separate table to do similar to parent/child of the categories?  If so, then how would I insert the multiple id's into the table?  I assume at this point that I would use drop downs for the subs.  I am having a real hard time wrapping my head around this so any help is greatly appreciated.

I have created a form which allows people to add data to a database.  However, I want to replicate the form across several pages and give each page a category.

For example, if I have a website based on sport.  I have a page which enters information into the baseball category, a page which enters information into the ice hockey category, a page which enters information into the soccer category etc.

Can someone advise how I would do this?

I'm not sure why but I copied the correct syntax from the wp codex page for it to display the date and title which it displays the titles for the categories however it only displays the date for the headlines category and don't know why. Any answers?

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="left">

<div id="col1">

<img id="lp" src="../images/lp.jpg" alt="Latest Promo">

<img class="newslogos" src="../images/headlines.jpg" alt="DW Headlines">

<div class="mininews">

<?php

//The Query
query_posts('category_name=headlines'); 

//The Loop
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h3 class="date"><?php the_date(); ?></h3>
<h4 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>

<?php endwhile;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

?>

</div> <!-- End of main news div (headlines) -->

<img class="newslogos" src="../images/rumors.jpg" alt="DW Rumors">

<div class="mininews">

<?php

//The Query
query_posts('category_name=rumors'); 

//The Loop
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h3 class="date"><?php the_date(); ?></h3>
<h4 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>

<?php endwhile;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

?>

</div> <!-- End of main news div (rumors) -->

<img class="newslogos" src="../images/columns.jpg" alt="DW Columns">

<div class="mininews">

<?php

//The Query
query_posts('category_name=columns'); 

//The Loop
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<h3 class="date"><?php the_date(); ?></h3>
<h4 class="title"><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h4>

<?php endwhile;

//Reset Query
wp_reset_query();

?>

</div> <!-- End of main news div (columns) -->

</div> <!-- End of col1 -->

</div> <!-- End of left -->

<div id="right">



</div>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Hi Guys (& Ladies of course) 

I'm having a problem trying to add post category to the H1 title, I have managed to butcher my theme so that the single post now removes the H1 from the title in the header & instead adds it to the post title.

But what I'd like to do now is keep the H1 blog title on all pages including home page, but I'd like to ammend the title with the addition of the post category, as follows;

currently shows "Top Rated Gadgets" on all pages.

would like it to show "Top Rated (category name)" when viewing a single post.

So if the category of the post was Asus Laptops it would show "Top Rated Asus Laptops" instead of the usual "Top Rated Gadgets"

The closest I have got to it so far is with
Code: [Select]
<?php the_category(', '); ?> but this returns a hyperlink ! Is there any method I can use that will simply return the category name as plain text..?

Any help would be much appreciated 

Thanks

Hello everyone,

I am currently working on the script taken from www.phpwebcommerce.com I am only a beginner and have been using it in a little project for an online game just to help my mates be able to trade items and such.

I have managed to get almost everything sorted apart from one thing. The function which gets the categories for a drop down select box:

Code: [Select]
/*
    Generate combo box options containing the categories we have.
    if $catId is set then that category is selected
*/
function buildCategoryOptions($catId = 0)
{
    $sql = "SELECT cat_id, cat_parent_id, cat_name
            FROM tbl_category
            ORDER BY cat_id";
    $result = dbQuery($sql) or die('Cannot get Product. ' . mysql_error());
   
    $categories = array();
    while($row = dbFetchArray($result)) {
        list($id, $parentId, $name) = $row;
       
        if ($parentId == 0) {
            // we create a new array for each top level categories
            $categories[$id] = array('name' => $name, 'children' => array());
        } else {
            // the child categories are put int the parent category's array
            $categories[$parentId]['children'][] = array('id' => $id, 'name' => $name);   
        }
    }   
   
    // build combo box options
    $list = '';
    foreach ($categories as $key => $value) {
        $name     = $value['name'];
        $children = $value['children'];
       
        $list .= "<optgroup label=\"$name\">";
       
        foreach ($children as $child) {
            $list .= "<option value=\"{$child['id']}\"";
            if ($child['id'] == $catId) {
                $list.= " selected";
            }
           
            $list .= ">{$child['name']}</option>\r\n";
        }
       
        $list .= "</optgroup>";
    }
   
    return $list;
}

Basically the problem is that it only creates a category list of two levels e.g.

Parent

    Child

and I wish to be able to have more sub categories e.g.

Parent

    Child

        Child

            Child

Is there anyway of adapting this code so it can do something like that? Many thanks for any help.

hi i hv built a small posting system, i hv built few categories like this

in mysql i hv these tables

Categories table:
id catname

Post Table:
id postbody posttile date  catid

so i am getting posts with catid for related posts like

http://localhost/site/index.php?action=category&cat=1

so where $_GET['cat'] is 1 it display posts from that category 1, now what i need is when i post a new post i hv choice to assign multiple categories to one post, so a post could be in cat1 and in cat2 as well . please any idea how can i do that? i was thinking to make a new rows in posts table for each category and set it to 0 or 1 , and when  i submit new post it will set 1 to those categories which i select upon writing post. but if i have like 20 categories i need to add more 20 rows in posts table.

is there any other better way i can accomplish this?
Thanks for help

Hi friends,

I have two mysql db tables, photos and album, I would like to list photos by album how do i do that ?


CREATE TABLE `album` (
 `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `album_name` varchar(95) NOT NULL,
 `album_desc` text NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
);



CREATE TABLE `photos` (
 `id` int(11) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
 `album_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
 `thumb_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
 `photo_name` varchar(250) NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) 

Hi
How can i see which category is being used in rss feed, this is my code to parse one rss feed.

$feed_url = "http://www.foo.com/feed/";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($feed_url);
foreach ($xml->channel->item as $item) { 
$ns_content = $item->children('http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/');
$title = $item->title; // This is title
$desc = $ns_content->encoded; // This is description
$category =""; // Here i am stuck, how can i get category associated with this feed
}


How can i see its category, i see in source code it looks like this and even categories have sub categories which looks same, i wants categories names to display wihich is associated with feed:

<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category> 
<category><![CDATA[Men]]></category> 


thanks for any help.

Hi, I have been working on a directory/cms script (first large script to build from scratch).

I am stuck on a small part of it where is shows users a list of the listings they have put in the directory.

Below is the code that generates the table that shows the list of listings which is pulled from the 'listings' table in my database.

Code: [Select]
<?php 
### List of listings user has posted ###
if(isset($_SESSION['userlogged'])) {
$user_id = $_SESSION['userlogged'];

$sqlCommand = "SELECT listing_id, cat_id, listing_title, listing_date, showing FROM listings WHERE showing='0' AND user_id='$user_id' ORDER BY listing_id ASC"; 
$query = mysql_query($sqlCommand,$con) or die (mysql_error()); 

$ListingDisplay = '';
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) { 
    $listing_id = $row["listing_id"];
$cat_id = $row['cat_id'];

if ($cat_id == '1') { 
$cat_name = "Carpenters";
}
if ($cat_id == '2') {
$cat_name = "Stone Masons";
}
if ($cat_id == '3') {
$cat_name = "Plumbers";
}
if ($cat_id == '4') {
$cat_name = "Landscapers";
}

$listing_title = $row["listing_title"];
$listing_date = $row["listing_date"];

$ListingDisplay .= '
<tr class="listingaccount">
<td><a href="edit_listing.php?lid=' . $listing_id . '">' . $listing_id . '</a></td>
<td>' . $cat_name . '</td>
<td>' . $listing_title . '</td>
<td>' . $listing_date . '</td>
<td><a class="hoverBtn" href="edit_listing.php?lid=' . $listing_id . '"><img src="images/btnedit.png" border="0"></a></td>
<td><a class="hoverBtn" href="remove_listing.php?lid=' . $listing_id . '"><img src="images/btndelete.png" border="0"></a></td>
</tr>';

} 
mysql_free_result($query); 

?>

<table width="680" border="0" align="right" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><h2>My Listings</h2></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a href="account_add_listing.php">Add New Listing</a></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top">
   
   
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td>Listing Code</td>
    <td>Category</td>
    <td>Title</td>
    <td>Date Entered</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
 
    <?php echo $ListingDisplay; ?>
 
</table>
   
   
   
   </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<?php } ?>

That all works just fine, but I would like to be able to generate the categories automatically. I am thinking some sort of array, but im not quite sure how to go about it and was hoping maybe someone could give me a starting point I could work from.

My categories table is like this:

--------------------------
| cat_id | cat_name |
--------------------------

Many thanks

Eoin