Zend's PHP Breadcrumbs Code

[The Big Show]

http://www.zend.com/zend/spotlight/breadcrumb28.php

Has anybody gotten this to work? I'm a relative PHP newbie, so if the code given is just a function, I would not have the know-how to print the breadcrumbs out. Thanks in advance for your help,

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[samsm]

Looks to me like you would use the function they provide like this:

 function breadcrumb_nav($basename_=_"Home")
{
    // insert their code here
}
// now to get it on the screen... either:
echo(breadcrumb_nav());
// or:
$the_breadcrumb_text = breadcrumb_nav();
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

If that doesn't work, post back and we'll figure it out.

[The Big Show]

Both versions of the echo work. Thanks for the help. Much appreciated

Also, is it possible using this code to take the breadcrumbs an additional step further to individual files and not only directories? For example:

It currently displays

Home > Directory A

for http://www.mysite.com/directorya/

Would it be possible to have it display

Home > Directory A > Main

for http://www.mysite.com/directorya/index.php?id=main


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[samsm]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php

Yes, that is possible!

The "main" in the url can be accessed as $_GET['id']

So lets say you used method B and got $the_breadcrumb_text variable. Then you could:

$this_page = ucwords($_GET['id']);
$the_breadcrumb_text_ .= " > $this_page";
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

[The Big Show]

Originally posted by samsm
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ucwords.php

Yes, that is possible!

The "main" in the url can be accessed as $_GET['id']

So lets say you used method B and got $the_breadcrumb_text variable. Then you could:

$this_page = ucwords($_GET['id']);
$the_breadcrumb_text_ .= " > $this_page";
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

It doesn't seem to be working. Perhaps the original function needs to be modified?

[samsm]

Looks like it should work to me

Could you post your code and what is going wrong?

[The Big Show]

$this_page = ucwords($_GET['id']);
$the_breadcrumb_text_ .= " > $this_page";
$the_breadcrumb_text = breadcrumb_nav();
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

How should the new code be added in regard to method B? Should it be placed alongside it or replace it completely?

[samsm]

You should have the whole function (from Zend) above the code you just posted

Basically:

function_breadcrumb_nav($basename = "Home")
{
    // insert their code here
}
$the_breadcrumb_text = breadcrumb_nav();
$this_page = ucwords($_GET['id']);
$the_breadcrumb_text  .= " > $this_page";
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

[The Big Show]

Originally posted by samsm
You should have the whole function (from Zend) above the code you just posted

Basically:

function_breadcrumb_nav($basename = "Home")
{
    // insert their code here
}
$the_breadcrumb_text = breadcrumb_nav();
$this_page_=_ucwords($_GET['id']);
$the_breadcrumb_text  .= " > $this_page";
echo($the_breadcrumb_text); 

I do have it...I just thought that went without saying

[The Big Show]

It gives me the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: _ucwords()

[samsm]

Originally posted by The Big Show
It gives me the following error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function: _ucwords()

A stray character made it into the php. Make sure you have delete that underscore character before the "ucwords" and replace it with a real space. I was recently in a thread where someone had the same problem, you might look at this thread for more details: http://www.sitepointforums.com/showt...255#post613255

[Imex]

Why do peeps post code like this? Why not just post code with the space?

$this_page_=_ucwords($_GET['id']); 

It should be (remove the _)

$this_page = ucwords($_GET['id']); 

[samsm]

The space is invisable when cutting and pasting... I tried to remove all the little buggers I just missed one. Oops.

I don't know if you looked at the thread I mentioned, but every single time I copy php off these boards (doesn't matter who posted the php) every single space turns into that wacky underscore character. As you can see from the thread referenced, at least several people have this problem.

Once IE for OSX allows text services to be used on text selections, I will never leave a phantom space in a post. For now, I missed one