Re: Dynamic Titles

Two ways this can be done:

Output buffering, which you are already using.
Template system that calls the template after the program logic. Like smarty.


On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 23:25:23 -0600, Chris Mielke
<dimen-fFZWkXJO8nJLUkrNk8DlHVaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hey,
> I was wondering if anyone knew of any ways to make it so that I can make
> dynamic titles on my webpages using information that appears later on in the
> code, while keeping it valid code and having the title in the header. So,
> the code, as I currently have it looks like the following:
> 
> //header information
> echo("<title>Some Title :: " . $dynamic_title . "</title>");
> 
> //Rest of body include a part that would pull what should go in
> $dynamic_title
> 
> One thing that I have looked at using is ob_start(), but it will output
> things before I flush it or use ob_get_contents() the way I have the site I
> am doing this on set up. Let me know if the wonderful users here have any
> ideas.
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Christopher Mielke
> Graphic  <BLOCKED::http://www.d.umn.edu/art/program/bfagraphic.html> Design
> and German <BLOCKED::http://www.d.umn.edu/fll/German/germanstudies/>  Major
> University of Minnesota - Duluth <BLOCKED::http://www.d.umn.edu/>
> 
>  <BLOCKED::http://www.idimensia.com/> iDimensia.com
> SetMeAway.com <BLOCKED::http://www.setmeaway.com/>
> UMDLife.com <BLOCKED::http://www.umdlife.com/>
> 
> PHP Tip (ob_start):
> Can be used to parse some HTML or other information. Can also be used to
> output a buffer to a file. Here is the code for an example used at
> http://www.idimensia.com/index.php?mode=web
> <BLOCKED::http://www.idimensia.com/index.php?mode=web>
> 
> <?php
> 
> function replace($html)
> {
>  $html = str_replace('PHP', '<acronym title="Hyperhtml
> Preprocessor">PHP</acronym>', $html);
>  $html = str_replace('MySQL', '<acronym title="A form of Structured Query
> Language">MySQL</acronym>', $html);
>  $html = str_replace('Flash', '<acronym title="An web tool that can be used
> for animation and interactivity">Flash</acronym>', $html);
>  $html = str_replace('CSS', '<acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets - Used
> for design and layout.">CSS</acronym>', $html);
>  $html = str_replace('Deutschland', '<acronym title="German word for
> Germany">Deutschland</acronym>', $html);
>  return $html;
> }
> 
> ob_start();
> 
> ?>
> <title>iDimensia {Web}</title>
> <h1>{Web}
> </h1>
> <hr>
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://www.setmeaway.com> http://www.setmeaway.com";
> target="_blank"><img src="images/Web/SetMeAway_t.jpg" width="90" height="70"
> border="0" id="imgfloatleft"></a><strong><a href="
> <BLOCKED::http://www.setmeaway.com/> http://www.setmeaway.com/";
> target="_blank">SetMeAway.com</a></strong><br>
> SetMeAway is a website designed to find you your favorite away message. It
> uses both PHP and MySQL to achieve this. Feel free to register and add some
> of your favorite away messages. <br />
> <hr />
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://sleep.idimensia.com/>
> http://sleep.idimensia.com/"; target="_blank"><img
> src="images/Web/Sleep_t.jpg" width="90" height="56" border="0"
> id="imgfloatleft"></a> <strong><a href="
> <BLOCKED::http://sleep.idimensia.com/> http://sleep.idimensia.com/";
> target="_blank">GiveSleepAChance.com</a><br></strong>A group project where I
> did all of the site programming, including the use of CSS, PHP, and MySQL.
> As a group we came up with the design of the site and the parts of the site.
> The other members of the group did many of the graphics, including the logo
> and the t-shirt designs.
> <hr />
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://boxer.idimensia.com/>
> http://boxer.idimensia.com/"; target="_blank"><img
> src="images/Web/Boxer_t.jpg" width="90" height="56" border="0"
> id="imgfloatleft"></a> <strong><a href="
> <BLOCKED::http://boxer.idimensia.com/> http://boxer.idimensia.com/";
> target="_blank">Boxerless</a><br></strong>This site was a project with very
> few limitations. Although it is called Boxerless, it is a site to sell
> custom made boxer shorts. The boxer shorts have not been mass produced yet,
> but it is being researched. The site uses PHP, MySQL and CSS.
> <hr />
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://www.umdlife.com/> http://www.umdlife.com/";
> target="_blank"><img src="images/Web/UMDLife_t.jpg" width="90" height="56"
> border="0" id="imgfloatleft"></a> <strong><a href="
> <BLOCKED::http://www.umdlife.com/> http://www.umdlife.com/";
> target="_blank">UMDLife</a><br></strong>An extremely dynamic page that
> allows a couple of files to design hundreds of pages. It is set up with both
> PHP and MySQL, so that the administrator does not need to know HTML.
> <hr />
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://www.coopnwf.org> http://www.coopnwf.org";><img
> src="images/Web/nwf_t.jpg" width="90" height="56" border="0"
> id="imgfloatleft"></a><strong><a href=" <BLOCKED::http://www.coopnwf.org>
> http://www.coopnwf.org"; target="_blank">University Co-Op Presents the Cohen
> New Works Festival</a></strong><br />A site that I designed for the
> University of Texas at Austin. They wanted a site that was able to be
> updated without any HTML knowledge. They also wanted a new logo for their
> festival which is in April 2005. The site uses both MySQL and PHP to allow
> for the content to be easily updated. This is the end-product of the work
> that I did for them.
> <hr />
> <a href=" <BLOCKED::http://potsdam.three-dimensions.com>
> http://potsdam.three-dimensions.com";><img src="images/Web/Potsdam_t.jpg"
> width="90" height="52" border="0" id="imgfloatleft"></a><strong><a href="
> <BLOCKED::http://potsdam.three-dimensions.com>
> http://potsdam.three-dimensions.com"; target="_blank">Graffiti in
> Deutschland</a></strong><br>
> Designed during and after a trip in Germany. It has a photo gallery with
> many images of Germany, as well as a couple articles written about how
> different Graffiti was used in Germany with some comparison to the US.
> 
> <?php
> echo(replace(ob_get_clean()));
> ?>
> 
>