variable doesn't show up in url

[davvid]

hey guys,

 

I'm in the process of transforming my static html website into "something" more dynamic. I came across an article on bilingual website (http://www.jacksonengineering.net/proj_phplanguage.php) and I basically used the same idea for my project. Everything works fine except for one thing - links to different language web pages are generated correctly page.php?lang=pl but when I click on the link, the url loses the variable and looks like  page.pl.php What to do?

 

language.php

<?php
//the url ? language declaration should have preference over the page name
$pagename = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],".php");
$pagenamearray = explode(".",$pagename);
if (count($pagenamearray) == 2){ //there is currently a bi-lingual site page loaded
$_SESSION['language'] = $pagenamearray[1];
$urllang = $pagenamearray[1];
}else{ //this page must be a non bi-lingual page
$urllang = 'en';
}
//check for a language selection on the url
if(isset($_GET["lang"])){//language has been passed via url
$_SESSION['language'] = htmlspecialchars($_GET["lang"]); //set it what was found
}
///if there still is no language set, go with english for a default
if(!isset($_SESSION['language'])){
$_SESSION['language'] = 'en';
}
//now we think we have the session language figured out
//
//now check for a version of the current page in the desired language
//lets make some things clear first
//the current page url is either en or pl from $urllang
if($urllang != $_SESSION['language']){ //if the url isn't the same as the $_SESSION
if($_SESSION['language'] == 'en'){//if it should be english then load the english
  header("Location: $pagenamearray[0].php");
  exit;
} 
if($_SESSION['language'] == 'pl'){
  //construct the name of the file if it existed filename.pl.php
  $plVersion = $pagenamearray[0] . ".pl.php";
  //we have to check if a pl version actually exists of this page
  if(file_exists($plVersion)){//redirect if it exists
   header("Location: $plVersion");
   exit;//stop executing things
  }else{$pagelangnotfound = true;}
}
}
?>

 

header.php

<?php
if ($_SESSION['language'] != 'en'){
echo 'Select Language: <a href="'. $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?lang=en"><img src="img/gb.gif" alt="English" class="off" /></a>';
}else{echo 'Wybierz J&#281;zyk: <img src="img/gb.gif" alt="English" />';}
?> 
<?php
if ($_SESSION['language'] != 'pl'){
echo '<a href="'. $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . '?lang=pl"><img src="img/pl.gif" alt="Polish" class="off" /></a>';
}else{
echo '<img src="img/pl.gif" alt="Polish" />';

}
?>

 

menu.php

<?php if($pageOn == 'index.php'){?> id="selected"<?php }?>> <a href="index.php">Main Page</a>

 

page.php

<?php session_start();
include "language.php";

$pageOn = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
$mItem = $pageOn;

?>
<?php include("header.php"); ?>
<?php include("menu.php"); ?>

English content

 

page.pl.php

<?php session_start();
include "language.php";

$pageOn = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);
$mItem = $pageOn;

?>
<?php include("header.php"); ?>
<?php include("menu.php"); ?>

Polish content

[davvid]

bump

[titan21]

Did you want page.php?lang=pl to resolve to page.pl.php? or are you saying that when this link is generated - it points to page.pl.php?

[davvid]

When the link is generated it points to page.pl.php

 

When I view the generated source the link in menu shows the variable page.php?lang=pl but after clicking the link I'm ending up with page.pl.php in the address bar.

[bspace]

as far as i can see it's doing what it's supposed to

 

pointing to page.pl.php

 

you still have'nt said what you actually want it to do that's different to this

 

why would you want it to be different? looks workable to me

[titan21]

I think we need more clarification but if you want to keep the original url then you'd probably at to require or include the relevant file rather than redirect to it.