can i integrate the guestbook into another php script?

Answer by: Stuart Pierce, Aplus.Net Knowledge Base Support.

The Guestbook PHP script is a powerful web application which will allow your visitors to post messages on your webpage. It includes its own administrative panel as well as spam protection. 

Furthermore, PHP developers can integrate a lite version of the guestbook into another PHP script. The PHP script which utilizes the lite version is named gblite.php and is located in the same directory as the general "index.php" file. If you have installed the guestbook at http://yourdomain.com/gbook, you have to include the following statement in your PHP script:

require_once ("absolute-path.../gbook/gblite.php");

Once you have embedded the guestbook into another script, you might want to preserve the "non-guestbook parameters" while navigating back and forth in the guestbook. For example, if the guestbook is shown on page "script.php?screen=gb", you might want to keep the "screen" GET parameter always there when reloading the page by browsing in the guestbook. There is a Preserve wrapper's QUERY_STRING option which enables non-guestbook parameters to be preserved between guestbook pages; it is turned on by default. You can modify this option in the Settings section of the Guestbook Administration.

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