[pixelpyro]

Hi Guys,

Don't really do PHP but been given a site to look at that by a potential client who want's a similar structure. Don't worry about the design.

This is a section page and when you click chairs it returns what appears to be a standard search result page. Any pointers as to how this is achieved - I appreciate it probably takes somebody with a little PHP knowledge but I would at least like to know what to look for.

http://www.distinction-furniture.co.uk/seating.php

He also likes the way that it has a range link that displays all available products from that range. Is this all achieved via a datatbase (MySQL?)

TIA

[smallbeer]

Originally Posted by pixelpyro

This is a section page and when you click chairs it returns what appears to be a standard search result page. Any pointers as to how this is achieved

It just sedns a variable on the end of the uri. In this case "search_term=chairs".

So his product page would have something like (shown here in the most basic of ways)

$product = $HTTP_GET_VARS['search_term'];
if ($product == chairs) {
query the database and show all the chairs
}
else if ($product == stool) {
query the database and show all the stools
}
blah blah blah

He also likes the way that it has a range link that displays all available products from that range. Is this all achieved via a datatbase (MySQL?)

yes.

[pixelpyro]

thanks smallbeer

do you know of any articles/site that would point me in the right direction and give me a better understanding of the whole process.

cheers

[smallbeer]

Hmmm, loads out there. I always find sitepoint very useful, both for the articles and the forums. Other than that, buy a book. this is the one I always recommend...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/067232525X

Everyone's different though.

[pixelpyro]

cheers mate

[lamonts28]

how do i redirect a web page using php.

[Brown]

same as you would an html page.

[press711]

with php to redirect the page
<?php
header("Location: http://www.example.com/");
?>