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[pocklove]

Hi,

 

I have a table I want to display, say a sports league table. On the 'tables page' there is the full table for example

 

1. Team 1 5-0

2. Team 2 4-1

3. Team 3 4-1

4. My Team 3-2

5. Team 4 3-2

6. Team 5 1-4

 

etc etc

 

I want to show a preview of this on the home page so it only shows My team, and the teams directly above and directly below, so, example

 

3. Team 3 4-1

4. My Team 3-2

5. Team 4 3-2

 

Question: Can I link the preview on the home page to the full table on the 'tables' page so I dont have to update both pages every time the league changes?

I just want to have to update the full table once and then the preview feed off that.

 

Hope that makes sense.

 

Cheers.

[falkencreative]

Take a look at PHP Includes -- perhaps that would be an easy way to accomplish this:

 

http://www.killersites.com/forums/topic/357/repeating-sections-of-code-on-many-pages/

[pocklove]

Is it possible to use PHP include to only include part of another page? (ie the part of the table I want to show as a preview)

 

If I did it that way wouldn't I have to update the 'tables page' (That includes the whole table) and the PHP file (That would include the section I need to preview), so that would mean updating two files?

 

In which case I may as well update the 'tables page' and the home page.

 

Unless there is a way to use PHP include to only include part of a selected page???

[falkencreative]

Hmm, you're probably right -- even if you use an include, you'll still need to edit two files. The only other way I can think of would be to store that information in a database, and then use PHP or ASP.NET to retrieve the information and display it.

[pocklove]

Thanks,

I'm not quite ready for the world of databases yet, I'm gonna try and pick that up in the sumer. I'll look into it again then.

 

Thanks.

[lm]

you can always use excerpt to include part of one page ( in your case from 'tables" page) to another ( home page).

Just include in it what you need to display.