include current page name in link address

[davecheet]

is there a piece of code I can use to include the current page name in a link to another folde rwhich contains and mirror image of the site structure but in a different language?

something like this:

<a href="../english/current-page.php">

That way whenever someone clicks on the link they will go to the right (same-name) page in whichever language they want. If it's possible I can simply add this lineto the template that governs each language an dmy job is done. If it's not possible, I have a long slog ahead of me, typing in each one individually.


Can anyone help?

Cheers


Dave

[Newsgroup_User]

If you are using PHP, it's a simple matter to include a language variable on
each page, and then to echo that variable in the link, e.g.,

$language = 'urdu'
....
<a href="../<?php echo($language); ?>/current-page.php">

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"davecheet" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> is there a piece of code I can use to include the current page name in a
> link
> to another folde rwhich contains and mirror image of the site structure
> but in
> a different language?
>
> something like this:
>
> <a href="../english/current-page.php">
>
> That way whenever someone clicks on the link they will go to the right
> (same-name) page in whichever language they want. If it's possible I can
> simply
> add this lineto the template that governs each language an dmy job is
> done. If
> it's not possible, I have a long slog ahead of me, typing in each one
> individually.
>
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Cheers
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>

[Newsgroup_User]

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> If you are using PHP, it's a simple matter to include a language variable on
> each page, and then to echo that variable in the link, e.g.,
>
> $language = 'urdu'
> ....
> <a href="../<?php echo($language); ?>/current-page.php">

In addition, you may find this useful:

echo basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);

That gives you the name of the current page.

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[davecheet]

Thanks David,

I added the echo basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); lineto a simple text link at the top of the page and it work perfectly first click.

However, it seems to have affected the menu on every page too, making every item in the menu go other language too.
The menu system I used is a project VII Tree Menu Magic set-up which obviously is affected by this piece of code.

Interestingly, after I removed the ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] line from the site, the menu continues to function incorrectly.

Do you have any ideas how I can fix the menu and possible a way to isolate the code in question so that it works but doesn't affect anything else?

Thanks for your help though, it's always hugely appreciated.

Cheers

Dave

[Newsgroup_User]

davecheet wrote:
> I added the echo basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); lineto a simple text link
> at the top of the page and it work perfectly first click.
>
> However, it seems to have affected the menu on every page too, making every
> item in the menu go other language too.

If you put this in a page, you'll see exactly what it does:

<?php echo basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']); ?>

It simply displays the name of the file. There is no way that putting
that information in a link could affect other pages too.

> Interestingly, after I removed the ($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] line from the
> site, the menu continues to function incorrectly.

Sounds like a browser cache problem to me.

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[davecheet]

Okay,

I replaced the entire language folder with a back up and immediately the problem was solved. then I recreated the link but this time putting it as an item within the main menu. The same thing happens. Incidentally it happens in every browser I use IE, Safarai, Firefox, AOL; so I guess it can't be a browser issue

I know I can easliy change things so that the language button takes you back to the homepage for each language but that seems a bit of a cop out.

Should I look at adding the code as an include or something like that?

Cheers

Dave

[davecheet]

Iive just quickly looked at it on 3 other machines and the same happens on each one, so it's not specific to my system either. Wierd.

Cheers

Dave

[davecheet · Accepted solution]

I owe you an apolgy David,

I couldn't get to the bottom of what was going wrong, so I reconstructed the templates very carefully and included the echo basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) bit that you suggested. It works absolutely perfectly now.

Thanks very much for your help.


Dave

[Newsgroup_User]

davecheet wrote:
> I couldn't get to the bottom of what was going wrong, so I reconstructed the
> templates very carefully and included the echo
> basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) bit that you suggested. It works absolutely
> perfectly now.

Glad to hear you finally got it sorted. Often it's a tiny mistake that
causes something to go wrong. Sometimes it's faster to start from
scratch than look for that tiny needle in a haystack.

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[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site about how to do this:

http://www.php-newbie.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=26

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site about how to do this:

http://www.php-newbie.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=26

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site about how to do this:

Dynamic Link Tutorial

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site , PHP-Newbie.com, about how to do this:

Dynamic Link Tutorial

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site , PHP-Newbie.com, about how to do this:

Dynamic Link Tutorial

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site , PHP-Newbie.com, about how to do this:

Dynamic Link Tutorial

[digitalus_media]

I put a tutorial on my PHP site , PHP-Newbie.com, about how to do this:

Dynamic Link Tutorial

[inactiveforumnotifier]

sorry about all those links. the forum is under maintainance, and i will remove the duplicates as soon as i can get in.

[Newsgroup_User]

Don't bother. You cannot remove them.

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"forumnotifier" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> sorry about all those links. the forum is under maintainance, and i will
> remove the duplicates as soon as i can get in.

[digitalus_media]

sorry about the 8 duplicate posts. adobe is having some issues right now.

[Newsgroup_User]

You mean as opposed to the standard boring issues they have with the
webforum? 8)

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"digitalus media" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> sorry about the 8 duplicate posts. adobe is having some issues right now.