function showList($q)
 {
     include "showProject.php";
     //---get user information---//
     if ($q !== "") {
         $userid = match("users", "username", "userid", $q);
     } else {
         $sessionid = $_SESSION["sessionid"];
         $random = $_SESSION["random"];
         $query = "SELECT * FROM sessions WHERE sessionid = '{$sessionid}' AND random = '{$random}' ";
         $recordSet = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
         $row = mysql_fetch_array($recordSet);
         $userid = $row["userid"];
     }
     //---get projects---//
     $arrayProjectids = array();
     $query = "SELECT * FROM projects WHERE shoot = '{$userid}' OR video = '{$userid}' OR photo = '{$userid}' OR copy = '{$userid}' ";
     $recordSet = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());
     while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($recordSet)) {
         array_push($arrayProjectids, $row["projectid"]);
     }
     //---build return---//
     $returnArray = array();
     foreach ($arrayProjectids as $projectid) {
         array_push($returnArray, "project:|:|:|:" . showProject($projectid));
     }
     //---return information---//
     return implode(":|::|::|:", $returnArray);
 }
<?php

include "../universal/config.php";
//---pageType---//
if (isset($_POST["showPage"])) {
    $resultArray = explode(":|:|:|:", pageType($_POST["q"]));
    $pageType = $resultArray[0];
    $match = $resultArray[1];
    //---showProfile---//
    if ($pageType === "profile") {
        include "showProfile.php";
        $result = showProfile($match);
        echo $pageType . ":|:|:|:" . $result;
    } elseif ($pageType === "project") {
        include "showProject.php";
        $result = showProject($match);
        echo $pageType . ":|:|:|:" . $result;
    } elseif ($pageType === "search") {
        include "showSearch.php";
        $result = showSearch($match);
        if ($result === "") {
            echo $pageType;
        } else {
            echo $pageType . ":|:|:|:" . $result;
        }
    } elseif ($pageType === "home") {
        echo "home";
    }
} elseif (isset($_POST["showList"])) {
    include "showList.php";
    if (isset($_POST["q"])) {