Is this possible? variables & txt files.....

Hi, I want to store lots of variables in a seperate .txt file called
"file_list.txt"

$mov1 = "blue.html";
$mov2 = "red.html";
$mov3 = "yellow.html";
$mov4 = "black.html";
$mov5 = "green.html";

then in my .php page I want to do something like this:

<?php
include ("file_list.txt");
include ("mydirectory/subdirectory/$mov");
?>

<br><br>

<a href=movie.php?mov=mov1>Link 1 Here</a>
<a href=movie.php?mov=mov2>Link 2 Here</a>


I know I could acheive this by simply using <a href=movie.php?mov=$mov1>Link
1 Here</a> but I don't want the url showing the direct path's of my
includes.

ie, I want to see this: "movie.php?mov=mov1" rather than
"movie.php?mov=mydirectory/subdirectory/blue.html

I don't have SQL, nor do I know how to use it, so is what I want to do above
possible? I've tried but can't do it thus far. I think I may be going wrong
by the way I'm referencing my .txt file??

many thanks

mike wrote:
> "Kurt Milligan" <kurt@atNOSPAMmilliganshome.net> wrote in message
> news:jZednexkzrpuJZOiU-KYuQ@comcast.com...
>
>>Use an array. Try this:
>>
>><?php
>>include ("file_list.txt");
>>include ("mydirectory/subdirectory/".$movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']]);
>>?>
>
>
> thanks, I've tried this but can't seem to get it to work. Can you please
> just tell me what me url would be to pass the variable?
>
> for example "movie.php?movies=mov1" ??


if you have the array:
$movies['mov1'] = "blue.html";

and you have the include:
include ("mydirectory/subdirectory/".$movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']]);

then your URL should be:
movie.php?mov=mov1

because "mov" is the index into the HTTP_GET_VARS array, the value of
which (in this example) is "mov1", which is then used as the index into
the "movies" array, which for that index has a value of "blue.html".

hth
Kurt

"Kurt Milligan" <kurt@atNOSPAMmilliganshome.net> wrote in message
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>
> then your URL should be:
> movie.php?mov=mov1

thanks alot Kurt!! I got it to work with the above :-)

your help was very appreciated.

mike

"Kurt Milligan" <kurt@atNOSPAMmilliganshome.net> wrote in message
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>
> then your URL should be:
> movie.php?mov=mov1

Just one more thing though. How do I plan for a visiting array?

for example, if I enter movie.php?mov=blah , there being no value for "blah"
the page spluts out some ugly code? what would you suggest is the best way
to get round this?

thanks again

mike

mike wrote:
> "Kurt Milligan" <kurt@atNOSPAMmilliganshome.net> wrote in message
> news:tBOdnXGGOaSYVJOiXTWJgA@comcast.com...
>
>
>>then your URL should be:
>>movie.php?mov=mov1
>
>
> Just one more thing though. How do I plan for a visiting array?
>
> for example, if I enter movie.php?mov=blah , there being no value for "blah"
> the page spluts out some ugly code? what would you suggest is the best way
> to get round this?
>
> thanks again
>
> mike
>
>

a couple ways; you can check for the existance of an array value, like:

$filname = $movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']];

if(!$filename)
{
...do something to handle the error here...
echo "Sorry...";
}

also, you might want to check for the file existing before you "include"
it, like:

if(!is_file("mydirectory/subdirectory/".$filename))
{
...do something to handle this situation...
}

-Kurt

"Kurt Milligan" <kurt@atNOSPAMmilliganshome.net> wrote in message
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> a couple ways; you can check for the existance of an array value, like:
>
> $filname = $movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']];
>
> if(!$filename)
> {
> ...do something to handle the error here...
> echo "Sorry...";
> }
>
> also, you might want to check for the file existing before you "include"
> it, like:
>
> if(!is_file("mydirectory/subdirectory/".$filename))
> {
> ...do something to handle this situation...
> }
>

I can't get either of those to work correctly, ie when movie.php?mov=blah
the "sorry" message appears, but when "movie.php?mov=mov2" is a valid
variable value in the array the "sorry" message still appears...I have

<?php

include ("file_list.txt");
include ("movies".$movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']]);

$filname = $movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']];

if(!$filename)
{
echo "Sorry...";
}
?>


Is this wrong? I've tried doing this with the later part too:

if(!is_file("mydirectory/subdirectory/".$filename))
{
echo "Sorry...";
}
else
{
include ("movies".$movies[$HTTP_GET_VARS['mov']]);
}


Obvioualy I'm going wrong. Basically my arrays could end up being like this:

$movies['mov2'] = "red.html";
$movies['mov3'] = "blue.html";
$movies['mov4'] = "";
$movies['mov5'] = "yellow.html";

so if movie.php?mov=mov4 doesn't exsist I want to put some code to avoid
having errors or blankness.

thanks again

mike