Page='s Variable

[Ian Gordon]

Brian,

I am trying to make a $id variable so that it changes with the $page='s variable but, I am having trouble making it work

Here is what I am trying to do:

in the BODY tag of the adv_portal template I place a variable next to it $id. Now, I editted the adv_cmps_include_bottom PHP Page to setup the $id variable

Now, what I am trying to do is such:

if ($page['name'] != 'home') {

$id = 'id="tab1" class="act1"';

} elseif ($page['name'] = 'about') {

$id = 'id="tab2" class="act2';

} elseif ($page['name'] != 'database') {

$id = 'id="tab4" class="act1"';

} elseif ($page['name'] != 'media') {

$id = 'id="tab5" class="act1"';

} elseif ($page['name'] != 'contact') {

$id = 'id="tab6" class="act1"';

}


However, it doesn't appear to be working for any of the "$page['name']" variable other than the first one, can you please correct this code so it works properly! Thanks.

[Brian]

That code doesn't really make sense to me...

if ($page['name'] != 'home') {

elseif ($page['name'] != 'database') {

Those are all saying if the page doesn't equal x.

elseif ($page['name'] = 'about') {

That should be == instead of =

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[Ian Gordon]

Doh, silly me...

[ashly]

that cange from page- thing to id= that you can change in the options od the portal. So why your all changing the codes and so.

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[Ian Gordon]

No, don't misunderstand, I am using CSS Tabs but for them to work, I need to specify which page I am on in the <"body"> tag. Since the pages are called dynamically, I need to use a variable $IdSelector to tell which page I am on and then serve up the right HTML (i.e. id="tab1" class="act1") but, I am trying to figure out why this code, which I have now re-modified:



if ($pages['template'] == 'home') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab1" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['template'] == 'about') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab2" class="act2';
} elseif ($pages['template'] == 'database') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab4" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['template'] == 'media') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab5" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['template'] == 'contact') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab6" class="act1"';
} else {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab1" class="act1"';
}

Is not working, I am trying to identify which variable is used to tell the page.

Is it: $page['template'] OR $page OR $pages or $vba_options['portal_pagevar'] I don't know...

[Brian]

It should be $pages['name']
If that doesn't work, can you show me where you're adding that code? Other than the variables being wrong, it looks fine now. ;)

[Ian Gordon]

So it should be:


if ($pages['name'] == 'home') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab1" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['name'] == 'about') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab2" class="act2';
} elseif ($pages['name'] == 'database') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab4" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['name'] == 'media') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab5" class="act1"';
} elseif ($pages['name'] == 'contact') {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab6" class="act1"';
} else {
$IdSelector = 'id="tab1" class="act1"';
}


Correct?

I put in the the global.php right above here:


// #############################################################################
// ######################## START TEMPLATES & STYLES ###########################
// #############################################################################

[Brian]

Try moving it down, right above this line:

require_once('./includes/vba_cmps_include_bottom.php');

[Ian Gordon]

Nope, not working...this is really infuriating...

[Brian]

Sorry, you'll need to globalize that variable in the print_portal_output function as well. If you'll look for this code in your includes/vba_cmps_include_bottom file:

global $pages, $stylevar, $headinclude, $header, $footer, $vboptions, $vba_options, $navbar, $cusid, $_REQUEST;

Replace that with:

global $pages, $stylevar, $headinclude, $header, $footer, $vboptions, $vba_options, $navbar, $cusid, $_REQUEST, $IdSelector;

That should be the last thing. If that still doesn't help and you'd like to fill out a support ticket I'll be glad to take a look.