Apache/PHP4 Path references?

Anon

I was wondering if there is any way to call the "default page" (index.php, etc) with extra path information.

Instead of calling this:
http://domain.com/index.php/fakepath/

i would like to be able to call just
http://domain.com/fakepath/

I know that i can call just "index" without the php..but i want to do without the whole "index"..

Thanks
..jorge

killswytch

If I understand what you mean correctly, since the index.php file is the default page that the browser pulls up, you can call your pages without the index.php file in the path.

http://domain.com/path/to/file

Anon

Okay, that is not what i mean at all.
Lets say, i have a file called "index.php", which is the default file, but i want to send extra fake path info, which i will parse from the Apache Path Info, and fill into variables.

like this:
/index.php/extra/path/info
"extra/path/info" is not a real path, but instead index.php is just called, and i can get the rest of the path info from the Apache server variable.

i would like to be able to call
/extra/path/info
and execute index.php (or whatever default) with the extra path info.

Note: I know this might seem confusing, but please read this carefully before just assuming that i am a Newbie, i am not even close to that.

..jorge

Anon

There is an article here on phpbuilder that deals with this. I believe it is called something like "Dynamic web pages with search engines in mind."

Anon

Try the "URL Rewriting Guide" and "mod_rewrite Guide" in the Apache manual, the latter explains the functions of mod_rewrite (which you'll probably use for this), the first one has examples for a lot of situations, adapt the cgi example and you should be fine (best thing to do while testing: set rewriteloglevel to max ;-))