I want to set a couple (probably 4) of variables depending which page the visitor is on.
I have a bout 13 pages and thinking therem ust be a cleaner way to do this.

I'm new with PHP but this is what I managed to put together so far.

PHP Code:

<?php
         $headimg = "home.jpg";
        $contactpage = "/contact.php";
        $homepage = "/index.php";
        $imgaddress = "http:/MyWebsite.com/images/";
        
        $currentpage = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
        if($homepage==$currentpage) 
            $headimg = "home.jpg";
            $var2 = "sidebar.php";
        elseif ($contactpage==$currentpage)
            $headimg = "test2.jpg";
            $var2 = "sidebar2.php";
?>  
<div id="header">
<?php
echo " <img src=\"$imgAddress$headimg\" />";
?>
</div> 
<?php include($var2); ?>

Your if check is always going to set $var2 = "sidebar2.php". The reason is when you do an IF without curly braces, it only takes the very next statement. Below is how you should write the if statement.

PHP Code:

        if($homepage==$currentpage) { 
            $headimg = "home.jpg";
            $var2 = "sidebar.php";
        } elseif ($contactpage==$currentpage) {
            $headimg = "test2.jpg";
            $var2 = "sidebar2.php";
        } 


Thanks.
I'm wondering if there is a better way than elseif?
Other wise I will have 13 elseif conditions.

Alternative to if..elseif..else

PHP Code:

switch($currentpage)
{
     case $homepage:
          $heading = "home.jpg";
          $var2 = "sidebar.php";
     break;
     case $contactpage:
          $headimg = "test2.jpg";
          $var2 = "sidebar2.php";
     break;
     .
     .
     .
     default:
     //default case (analogous to else)
} 


Do you really have 13 seperate sidebar.php files? You might want to look into a way to consolidate those.

What would be the advantage of using switch?

No I don't have 13 sidebars, the variables will change either images or text on different parts of included sections.

For example, the header section is an include, 90% of the header I want the same on every page, but I want an image and sub-text to be relevant to the page content.

Switch is just an alternative syntax. I prefer using switch statements in cases where a single variable can take several forms, but it really just depends on what you prefer.

I don't know of any advantage performance wise. If there is any difference I'm sure it is neglegable.

Anybody else have any ideas?
I want to get this done this week and don't want to redo it later.