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Hi!

Let's say I use a PHP code in header.thtml or index.php, but I only want the code to run if the visitor has just entered the site (i.e. he's in the root folder and not in a specific PHP file).

How do I get those files to recognize which page they are "loaded inside of"? Do they see it as a referrer or something?

What I want is basically

You could always use $PHP_SELF to see what the current file is. There's also some ugly code to be found in lib-common.php that determines whether we're currently on the front page or not (for the "frontpage only" blocks).

bye, Dirk

Well, Dirk sure threw me in the jungle, but I made it!
You see, "$PHP_SELF" doesn't work. The var "$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SCRIPT_NAME']", which lib-common.php used, doesn't work either.

But instead I used a var called $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] .

[quote - somewhere inside header.thtml]
<?php
preg_match( "/\/\/[^\/]*(.*)/", $_CONF['site_url'], $pathonly );
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] == $pathonly[1] . "/&quot
{
code goes here...
}
?>
[/quote]

Well, I've changed my mind. Instead of testing if the location is root every time someone loads ANY page (because header.thtml is ALWAYS loaded) AND dealing with individual themes, I've decided to include it inside the global index.php instead.

Just be sure to put it after COM_siteHeader() so it won't push the entire page down and just show up above the first article. I've put it just above the line "$maxstories = 0".
[quote - inside index.php]
COM_siteHeader();
.
.
.
The aforementioned code goes here...
.
.
.
$maxstories = 0
[/quote]

Hmm, turns out that if one uses the Static Pages plugin and chooses "Homepage Only", then it does the check itself. In other words, whatever code you write there will ONLY show up on index.php.
Not even in index.php?page=x, but just in index.php itself!

Sure, my version didn't even show up in index.php, but only in "/" (which is more appropriate for a welcome message), but I guess it's more compatible this way for future geeklog upgrades.

Just remember you must enable php code in Static Pages first.