Hi,
I'm using the code below to display news articles-which works great apart
from. I can control the number of articles,but I would like to add a link to
the bottom of the page to the un-displayed articles ( nexted 5 articles and
so on) any pointers would be most welcome as most know my PHP skills are not
the best .

Cheers
Chris


<?

$max_latest = 5;
$filename = "articlesum.php";

#- open article
if(file_exists($filename)){
$fh = fopen($filename, "r");
$old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
fclose($fh);
}
#- get article
$articles = explode("<!--ARTICLE-->", $old_news);

$i=0;
foreach ( $articles as $article ){
if(count($articles)>$i){
if($max_latest >= $i++){
print $article;
}
}
}

?>
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Joker7 wrote:
> I'm using the code below to display news articles-which works great apart
> from. I can control the number of articles,but I would like to add a link to
> the bottom of the page to the un-displayed articles ( nexted 5 articles and
> so on) any pointers would be most welcome as most know my PHP skills are not
> the best .

There's a bunch of how-tos and discussion on this topic already:

http://google.com/search?q=php+pagination

You have to manage a variable across page requests to keep track of
where you are. Use that variable in your SQL as part of your
offset/limit parameters.


--
Greg Donald
Cyberfusion Consulting
http://cyberfusionconsulting.com/

Why don't post an example of your news file too?

Joker7 schrieb:
> Hi,
> I'm using the code below to display news articles-which works great apart
> from. I can control the number of articles,but I would like to add a link to
> the bottom of the page to the un-displayed articles ( nexted 5 articles and
> so on) any pointers would be most welcome as most know my PHP skills are not
> the best .
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
> <?
>
> $max_latest = 5;
> $filename = "articlesum.php";
>
> #- open article
> if(file_exists($filename)){
> $fh = fopen($filename, "r");
> $old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
> fclose($fh);
> }
> #- get article
> $articles = explode("<!--ARTICLE-->", $old_news);
>
> $i=0;
> foreach ( $articles as $article ){
> if(count($articles)>$i){
> if($max_latest >= $i++){
> print $article;
> }
> }
> }
>
> ?>

In news: Pine.LNX.4.64.0709151021110.30917@de...e planet.host
- Greg Donald wrote :
>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Joker7 wrote:
>>> I'm using the code below to display news articles-which works great
>>> apart from. I can control the number of articles,but I would like
>>> to add a link to the bottom of the page to the un-displayed
>>> articles ( nexted 5 articles and so on) any pointers would be most
>>> welcome as most know my PHP skills are not the best .
>>
>> <?
>>
>> $max_latest = 5;
>> $filename = "articlesum.php";
>>
>> #- open article
>> if(file_exists($filename)){
>> $fh = fopen($filename, "r");
>> $old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
>> fclose($fh);
>> }
>> #- get article
>> $articles = explode("<!--ARTICLE-->", $old_news);
>>
>> $i=0;
>> foreach ( $articles as $article ){
>> if(count($articles)>$i){
>> if($max_latest >= $i++){
>> print $article;
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>>
>> There's a bunch of how-tos and discussion on this topic already:
>>
>> http://google.com/search?q=php+pagination
>>
>> You have to manage a variable across page requests to keep track of
>> where you are. Use that variable in your SQL as part of your
>> offset/limit parameters.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Greg Donald
>> Cyberfusion Consulting
>> http://cyberfusionconsulting.com/


Thanks for the reply - I now know what it's called

I forgot to and it's a flat file system not the best but is ok for my needs.

I spent a couple of hours following link from google an not a sausage on
flat files

Chris

In news: CC.25.58774.9E80DE64@pb1.pair.com - Thomas Bachmann wrote :
>> Why don't post an example of your news file too?
>>
>> Joker7 schrieb:
>>> Hi,
>>> I'm using the code below to display news articles-which works great
>>> apart from. I can control the number of articles,but I would like
>>> to add a link to the bottom of the page to the un-displayed
>>> articles ( nexted 5 articles and so on) any pointers would be most
>>> welcome as most know my PHP skills are not the best .
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>> <?
>>>
>>> $max_latest = 5;
>>> $filename = "articlesum.php";
>>>
>>> #- open article
>>> if(file_exists($filename)){
>>> $fh = fopen($filename, "r");
>>> $old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
>>> fclose($fh);
>>> }
>>> #- get article
>>> $articles = explode("<!--ARTICLE-->", $old_news);
>>>
>>> $i=0;
>>> foreach ( $articles as $article ){
>>> if(count($articles)>$i){
>>> if($max_latest >= $i++){
>>> print $article;
>>> }
>>> }
>>> }

Here you go Thomas- not mine I found it on the www.
Im sorry I started using this now would have been a lot better to use mysql.

Chris

<?
include ("template.inc");
include ("config.php");

$subject = $_POST[subject];
$summary = $_POST[summary];
$passwd = $_POST[passwd];
$date = $_POST[date];
$body = $_POST[body];
$article_id = $_POST[article_id];

#foreach($GLOBALS as $a => $b){ print "<li>$a => $b";}

$summary_template = "t_summary.tp";
$article_template = "t_article.tp";
$max_summary = 5;

function summary_page ($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id)
{
global $summary_template;
$t = new Template();
$t->set_file("SummaryPage", $summary_template);
$article_url = "article_".$article_id.".php";
$date = ($date);
$summary = nl2br($summary);
$t->set_var( array(
"subject" => $subject,
"date" => $date,
"summary" => $summary,
"article_url" => $article_url
));
$t->parse("Summary", "SummaryPage");
return $t->get_var("Summary");
}

function main_page ($subject, $date, $summary, $article_id, $body)
{
global $article_template;

$t = new Template();
$t->set_file("ArticlePage", $article_template);
$article_url = "article_".$article_id.".php";
$date =($date);
$summary =($summary);
$body =nl2br($body);
$t->set_var( array(
"subject" => $subject,
"date" => $date,
"summary" => $summary,
"body" => $body,
"article_url" => $article_url
));
$t->parse("Article", "ArticlePage");
return $t->get_var("Article");
}

function add_article($filename, $news)
{

if(file_exists($filename)){
$fh = fopen($filename, "r");
$old_news = fread($fh, filesize($filename));
fclose($fh);
}

/* TODO: Multipage articles
preg_match_all("<!--ARTICLE PAGE=(\d*)-->", $old_news, $matches;

if( count($matches[0]) >= $max_summary){
$oldfilename = $filename.($matches[0][0]+1);
}
*/

$fh = fopen($filename, "w");
$news = stripslashes($news);
fwrite($fh, "\n\n$news $old_news");
fclose($fh);
}

if(strcmp($subject, "")){
if(!(strcmp($passwd, $password))){
add_article("article_summary.php", summary_page($subject, $date,
$summary, $article_id));
add_article("article_$article_id.php", main_page($subject, $date,
$summary, $article_id, $body));
echo "<br><p><a href=article_$article_id.php>Article has been
added!</a></p>";
}else{
echo "<p><b> Password is wrong!</b></p>";
}
}
?>


<form action=news.php method=post>
<table border=0>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">(Password):</p></td><td> <input
type=password name=passwd size=20> </td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">Subject:</p></td><td> <input
type=text name=subject size=50> </td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">Article ID:</p></td><td> <input
type=text name=article_id value=<? echo date("Y_m_j_is"); ?> size=30>
</td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">Date/Author:</p></td><td> <textarea
name=date rows=2 cols=50 wrap=soft><? echo date("M j, Y\n"); ?>Author:
</textarea> </td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">Summary:</p></td><td> <textarea
name=summary rows=5 cols=50 wrap=soft></textarea> </td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top"><p class="header1">Body:</p></td><td> <textarea
name=body rows=15 cols=50></textarea> </td></tr>
</table><br>
<center><input type=submit name=submit value=Add-Article></center>
</form>

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