PHP Addressing

[IATIA]

I am getting to where I can man-handle ZenCart, but I need to get more familiar with php and have found a couple of decent primers. In the mean time, I need to jump the gun and trying to find the answer gets me a lot of close calls, but not what I am looking for.

I want to change this --->

<a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

into this --->

<a href="HTTP_SERVER/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

I tried the search and got as many results as pages in the php primer. Though I know I will need to finish the book, I would really like this answer now.

Thanks

ZenCart 1.3.8
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL 5.0.67
Glacial Age Template
Editable_Sidebox_1.0 <--- This is where I need the mod

[DrByte]

I understand *what* you're asking, but am wondering *why* you're asking it.

Is there a particular reason why you're quoting an IP address?
Is there a particular reason why you're using absolute URLs instead of relative URLs?

[clydejones]

I am getting to where I can man-handle ZenCart, but I need to get more familiar with php and have found a couple of decent primers. In the mean time, I need to jump the gun and trying to find the answer gets me a lot of close calls, but not what I am looking for.

I want to change this --->

<a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

into this --->

<a href="HTTP_SERVER/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

I tried the search and got as many results as pages in the php primer. Though I know I will need to finish the book, I would really like this answer now.

Thanks

ZenCart 1.3.8
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL 5.0.67
Glacial Age Template
Editable_Sidebox_1.0 <--- This is where I need the mod

if you using this in zen cart then this should produce the desired result:

<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_ez_pages_link(1) . '" target="self">'; ?>

[IATIA]

I understand *what* you're asking, but am wondering *why* you're asking it.

Is there a particular reason why you're quoting an IP address?
Is there a particular reason why you're using absolute URLs instead of relative URLs?

Apparently because I do not know what I am doing! Ergo, "man-handling" ZenCart.

This is for my sideboxes @ TechnoMonkeys

[IATIA]

if you using this in zen cart then this should produce the desired result:

<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_ez_pages_link(1) . '" target="self">'; ?>

Thanks, I will try it out.

[IATIA]

I understand *what* you're asking, but am wondering *why* you're asking it.

Is there a particular reason why you're quoting an IP address?
Is there a particular reason why you're using absolute URLs instead of relative URLs?

My goal is to make it fully relocateable. Change the configure.php file and everything is relocated.

Any help cleaninig up define_amazon_1_content would be greatly appeciated. I want to be able to work on my site locally rather than live. (I have killed my store several times. Not a good thing.)

amazon_1_defines
<?php
define('BOX_HEADING_AMAZON_1', '');
define('DEFINE_AMAZON_1_NAME', 'define_amazon_1_content');
?>

amazon_1
<?php
$define_sidebox = zen_get_file_directory(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $_SESSION['language'] . '/html_includes/', DEFINE_AMAZON_1_NAME, 'false');

if (isset($ezpage_id) && in_array($ezpage_id,explode(",",'1'))) {

require($template->get_template_dir('tpl_amazon.php',DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'sideboxes'). '/tpl_amazon.php');
$title = BOX_HEADING_AMAZON_1;
$title_link = false;
require($template->get_template_dir($column_box_default, DIR_WS_TEMPLATE, $current_page_base,'common') . '/' . $column_box_default);
}
?>

tpl_amazon
<?php
$content = '';
$content .= '<div id="' . str_replace('_', '-', $box_id . 'Content') . '" class="sideBoxContent">';
$content .= file_get_contents($define_sidebox);
$content .= '</div>';
?>

define_amazon_1_content
<li style="margin-left:20px;"><a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self"><b>Cameras & Accessories</b></a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=32" target="iframe">Accessories</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=33" target="iframe">Binoculars, Telescopes & Optics</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=34" target="iframe">Camcorders</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=35" target="iframe">Cases & Bags</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=36" target="iframe">Digital Photo Frames</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=37" target="iframe">Digital SLRs</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=38" target="iframe">Lenses</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=39" target="iframe">Point-and-Shoot Digital Cameras</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/techno_photography-20?_encoding=UTF8&node=40" target="iframe">Surveillance Cameras</a></li>
<li style="margin-left:20px;"><a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=2" target="_self"><b>Computers</b></a></li>
<li style="margin-left:20px;"><a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=3" target="_self"><b>Electronics</b></a></li>
<li style="margin-left:20px;"><a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=4" target="_self"><b>Toys & Games</b></a></li>
<li style="margin-left:20px;"><a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=5" target="_self"><b>Wireless Accessories</b></a></li>

[DrByte]

Since you were asking in regard specifically to ez-pages links, I suggest using the approach suggested by clydejones.

[IATIA]

if you using this in zen cart then this should produce the desired result:

<?php echo '<a href="' . zen_ez_pages_link(1) . '" target="self">'; ?>

That did not work. It did not display a live link. I ended up using

<a href="<?php echo zen_ez_pages_link(1); ?>">Page 1</a>

which works on my main page (or ezpage), but not in my sidebox.

SideBox generated code --->
http://localhost/technomonkeys/%3C?php echo zen_ez_pages_link(3); ?>

MainPage generated code --->
http://localhost/technomonkeys/index.php?main_page=page&id=1

ZenCart 1.3.8
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL 5.0.67
Glacial Age Template
Editable_Sidebox_1.0 <--- This is where I need the mod

[DrByte]

define-pages aren't intended to be sucked into sideboxes, which is why using file_get_contents() isn't working for you.
If you're comfortable taking the security risks posed by using eval(), you might consider wrapping eval() around your call to file_get_contents() so that its content is treated like PHP code, similar to how an include works normally when not stuffing its content into a variable.

[IATIA]

I want to change this --->

<a href="http://67.222.96.12/~technomo/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

into this --->

<a href="HTTP_SERVER/index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

Sometimes it is difficult to see the forest for the trees!
Guess what the solution was? (I've got my dunce cap on, anyone else?)

<a href="index.php?main_page=page&id=1" target="_self">

It works in the sidebox or main page and is totally relocatable.

ZenCart 1.3.8
PHP 5.2.6
MySQL 5.0.67
Glacial Age Template
Editable_Sidebox_1.0