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contactcp -> What is this line of code doing? (4/15/2002 12:07:54)

Could somebody please explain what this line of code would do and what it is calling and how it is calling it. I know that it is a link but I usually right links like <a href="index.htm" so what is happening below?:

<a href="../index.php?page=links&lang=" target="_top"><img src=img_sv/links.gif border="0"></a>

The reason why i ask is that i have often seen code that calls a page with these 2 dots and a forward slash e.g ../index.php where is it trying to call it from.

Also, what is this trying to call
?page=links&lang=

would appreciate if someone could explain this line of code so I can understand how to use it in different ways.

Thanks!


Chris Phillips 




pageoneresults -> RE: What is this line of code doing? (4/15/2002 12:39:22)

Hello contactcp! Are you involved in some sort of link exchange program? It looks like that link is calling a page named links and then asking for a language and its opening the link in a new window.

I'd have to see the page in question so I could determine what it is doing.

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abbeyvet -> RE: What is this line of code doing? (4/15/2002 13:05:33)

quote:
these 2 dots and a forward slash e.g ../index.php where is it trying to call it from.



This means it is calling the index page form the directory above the one containing the page you are viewing.

It is a relative link. The ../ indicated that you need to go up a directory, the index.php is what should be displayed in that directory.

For example if I had the following set up:

Directory 1
|
Contaning---Subdir
|
In turn containing Dir (i)

A page in Dir (i) would access a page in SubDir 1 using ../page/htm

and a page in the main directory using ../../page.htm


quote:
Also, what is this trying to call
?page=links&lang=


The fact that the page being linked to ends in php means that there is some sort of a php script working inside it. This is a command to the script. What it actually does will depend on what the particular script is configured to make it do - there is no way to tell by looking at it.

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