php code to tell me what main menu i am in??

mattymattmatt · 26.08.2004, 01:29

hey guys, i am a perl coder, and i have just installed mambo, and i don't really have a clue how to code php. can you send me a snippit of code that will tell me which main menu level i am in.

i'm trying to have a different header image for each section of the site. i tried to create a module to do it, but that didn't work. now, i'm just planning to hardcode the template, but i have to be able to know which section i am in.

if you have the code or a better way to do it, i'd be much obliged!

thanks!

crash777 · 26.08.2004, 02:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattymattmatt

hey guys, i am a perl coder, and i have just installed mambo, and i don't really have a clue how to code php. can you send me a snippit of code that will tell me which main menu level i am in.

i'm trying to have a different header image for each section of the site. i tried to create a module to do it, but that didn't work. now, i'm just planning to hardcode the template, but i have to be able to know which section i am in.

if you have the code or a better way to do it, i'd be much obliged!

thanks!

I am pretty sure what you are looking to do is built into 4.6! Not sure exactly when it is coming out though!
Aaron

zorkhh · 26.08.2004, 02:23

Hi,

there is a little script called "titledata", used to add the menutitle to the titlebar of the Browser.

PHP Code:

  <?php

// titledata.php

/**

// Based on metadata.php

* @package Mambo Open Source

* @Copyright (C) 2000 - 2003 Miro International Pty Ltd

* @ All rights reserved

* @ Mambo Open Source is Free Software

* @ Released under GNU/GPL License : http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

**/

 
defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Direct Access to this location is not allowed.' );

 
function showTitle( &$database, $option) {

 
  $task = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'task', 0);

  $pageTitle = '';

 
  if ($option == 'content') {

    $id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'id', 0 );

    if ($id) {

      switch ($task) {

        case "view":

          $row = new mosContent( $database );

          $row->load( $id );

          $pageTitle = $row->title_alias;

          if($pageTitle == '') {

            $pageTitle = $row->title;

          }

          break;

        case "category":

        case "blogcategory":

        case "archivecategory":

          $row = new mosCategory( $database );

          $row->load( $id );

          $pageTitle = $row->title;

          break;

        case "section":

        case "blogsection":

        case "archivesection":

          $row = new mosSection( $database );

          $row->load( $id );

          $pageTitle = $row->title;

          break;

        default:

          break;

      }

    }

  }else {

    $id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'Itemid', 0 );

    if ($id) {

         $row = new mosMenu( $database );

         $row->load( $id );

         $pageTitle = $row->name;

      }

   }

  echo $pageTitle;

}

showTitle( $database, $option );

?>

Maybe yiu can use it or it shows you the way to code it on your own.

hth

ZorkHH

BTW: the usage for the title tag is like this:

PHP Code:

 
<TITLE><?php echo $mosConfig_sitename; ?>-<?php include ("includes/titledata.php"); ?></TITLE>

terry73 · 22.09.2004, 14:26

I think I have what you are doing, using peekfresh as my template.

In their case, a config file associated with the template controls the header image. Code snippet below:
// ***Header Images Configuration*** IMAGES MUST HAVE THIS SIZE: 464x84
// don't screw this up if you don't know what you're doing!!
// All header images must be placed on templates/peekfresh/images/ directory, use your ftp client to upload your custom pictures.

$headerimage = "header_picture.jpg"; // your default image

switch ($Itemid) {

case 1:
$headerimage = "header_picture.jpg";
break;

case 2:
$headerimage = "header_picture_news.gif";
break;

case 25:
$headerimage = "header_picture_faq.gif";
break;

case 3:
$headerimage = "header_picture_contact.gif";
break;

case 4:
$headerimage = "header_picture_links.gif";
break;

case 53:
$headerimage = "calendar_picture.jpg";
break;

Hope this helps, my website in development is below which illustrates.

http://www.newhopefellowship.org/mam...tpage&Itemid=1