index.php/argument

maestras

hi,
i don't know how to describe the script i need, but here's an examlpe:

if i type in the address field "http://some.server.net/index.php/1
then the script (index.php) include's a file named 1.dat or smth. 🙂
if i type "http://some.server.net/index.php/123
then the script include's the file 123.dat
....

...

i don't know hot to make it... :\
please help 🙂

bentman

Seems simple from what you asked, so maybe I'm missing something,, but:

Just get the script to be included from the

$includefilename = substr($PATH_INFO,1);
$includefilename .= '.dat';
include("$includefilename"); #( you can figure out the directory if needed)

Is "someserver.net" in your example? If yes, the above should work. If not, then look up & use fopen() instead of include().

Cheers,
Ben

bentman

Seems simple from what you asked, so maybe I'm missing something,, but:

Just get the script to be included from the PATH_INFO

$includefilename = substr($PATH_INFO,1);
$includefilename .= '.dat';
include("$includefilename"); #( you can figure out the directory if needed)

Is "someserver.net" in your example your server? If yes, the above should work. If not, then look up & use fopen() instead of include().

Cheers,
Ben

ruppelm

Hi,

try

<?php

$dummy = explode("/", $REQUEST_URI);

echo urldecode($dummy[sizeof($dummy)-1]);

Cheers, Markus

ruppelm

Oh well... obviously you'll have to do something like

include (urldecode($dummy[sizeof($dummy)-1]).".dat");

instead of
echo urldecode($dummy[sizeof($dummy)-1]);

I think Ben's solution seems to be more appropreate.

Cheers, Markus

maestras

hmmm
i don't know but i allways get an internal server arror :[
i think that the server understands it like a folder named index.php and not a file ;\
so it searches in the folder "index.php" for an other folder ("1","123", etc)

ruppelm

There is a hint at
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&threadm=9345db%248vo97%241%40ID-28419.news.dfncis.de&rnum=6&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dphp%2Bpath_info%2Berror%26hl%3Den%26rnum%3D6%26selm%3D9345db%25248vo97%25241%2540ID-28419.news.dfncis.de

(Unfortunately in German)

It says, that the $PATH_INFO - thing does not work, if php is running as cgi. So it should run as an apache module, or you will get a 500-error (at least with Windows)

Markus

maestras

so the problem is MS Windows 🙂
on linux works the script 🙂
thanx to those who helped me 🙂

Anon

i was just having the same problems on windows, even though i have done the same thing on a linux/apache server. i wasnt aware of the cgi limitation.

anyway, tim wrote a whole article about this titled 'Building Dynamic Pages With Search Engines in Mind' its on THIS SITE. zend.com also has a similar article that may be easier to implement.

paul
http://xhawk.net