Better way of doing this ?

Hi all,

I have this piece of code that prints a word/title for each page. Its alot longer than this

<?
if(preg_match("/aboutus\.html/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
print 'About us & contact';
}
if(preg_match("/beaches\.html/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
print 'All Beaches';
}
if(preg_match("/cafes\.html/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
print 'Cafes & Bars';
}
if(preg_match("/hotels\.html/",$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'])) {
print 'Accommodation';
}
else {
print 'Home';
}
?>

PHP:

Is there better or faster or easier way to do this ?
You can see I am no expert with this

 

You could pull the titles from the database.

Or you could try having an array of data.

 

no DB I am afraid. Array sounds a good idea. you know how to ?

 

why not make use of arrays?

 
$array = array('aboutus' => 'About us',
               'beaches' => 'Beaches');
               
foreach ($array AS $page=>$title)
{
    if (substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 0, strlen($page) == $page) 
    {   
        echo $title  . ' found';
    }
}

Code (markup):

something like this, but the rest you may figure out..

 

$titles = [
    'aboutus' => 'About Us',
    'beaches' => 'Beaches',
    // ...
];
 
$file = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '.html');
 
if (isset($titles[$file]))
{
    echo $titles[$file];
}
else
{
    echo 'Home';
}

PHP:

 

This worked..

$titles = array(
    'aboutus' => 'About Us',
    'beaches' => 'Beaches',
    // ...
);
 
$file = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '.html');
 
if (isset($titles[$file]))
{
    echo $titles[$file];
}
else
{
    echo 'Home';
}

PHP:

Thanks alot..

 

One last question though..
If I wanted to make multiple selections say
/guide/
/guide/aboutus.html
to
Guide > About us

$titles = array(
    'aboutus' => 'About Us',
    'guide' => 'Guide',
    'beaches' => 'Beaches',
    'cafes' => 'Cafes',
    'my-cafe' => 'My Cafe',
    // ...
);
 
$file = basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '.html');
 
if (isset($titles[$file]))
{
    echo $titles[$file];
}
else
{
    echo 'Home';
}

PHP:

Guide > About us
Cafes
Cafes > My Cafe

is it possible ?