How to have simple urls

themaxx

I'm going nuts here.
The solution is either very simple, or very hard.

Ever seen those urls like:
http://www.domain.com/pictures

It can be done by:
creating a folder named 'pictures' and putting a page named 'index.php' in it.

But, without using .htaccess,
how can I get some variables from the url like:
http://www.domain.com/pictures/variable1/variable2

instead of:
http://www.domain.com/pictures/?value1=variable1&value2=variable2

or:
http://www.domain.com/pictures/index.php/variable1/variable2

I have already added "AcceptPathInfo On" into my httpd.conf file between <Directory /></Directory>, so I can already "look back" through the url and find the file and variables to use with the explode() function.

But when it looks back into the url, it won't figure out to use the index.php file unless it is actually part of the url.

P.S. -

Even better would be:
http://www.domain.com/variable1/variable2

Anyone know how to make it find and use the index.php file?

LordShryku

You need mod_rewrite

themaxx

Explanation appreciated...

LordShryku

Search the forums. Been discussed many times. Also a good explanation on Apache's site.

themaxx

Well if there's no way to make apache realize that:

http://www.domain.com/pictures/var1/var2

is the same as:

http://www.domain.com/pictures/index.php/var1/var2

or in other words, realize that there is an index file in the pictures folder when it looks back...then I quit before my httpd.conf file is destroyed by trial and error.

Thanks for the info...

themaxx

To whom it may concern:
I figured out an easy way to do this...

A good way to make simple urls,
containing variables,
without the ?'s and &'s,
and without the .php file extension!

Just make a .htaccess file in the directory the file will be in,
and put into the .htaccess file:

<Files FILENAMEHERE>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

Make a test file named FILENAMEHERE without any extension,
and create/upload the files.

Then you can use:
http://www.domain.com/FILENAMEHERE

instead of:
http://www.domain.com/FILENAMEHERE.php

It's that simple using .htaccess files! 🙂

Then you can get the variables from the url:
http://www.domain.com/FILENAMEHERE/var1/var2

by using the php function explode()
to explode the $PATH_INFO or $REQUEST_URI

But you must have

AcceptPathInfo On

between your

tags in your

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

to enable apache's backwards lookup feature!

Hope it helps somebody if they need it!

🙂

Any comments are welcome.

dave420

Or, simply take index.php from /pictures and call it ../pictures.php.

You can then go to /pictures/whatever and it'll pass on the parameters as you expected.

themaxx

To finish up this post, I learned a way to redirect outdated links also:

In my .htaccess file, above:

<Files FILENAMEHERE>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

I added:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule FILENAMEHERE.php/(.*) FILENAMEHERE/$1

At first I thought I needed to use redirection, but rewriting is how I found my solution. Using the above...it will take the variable from the old url and rewrite it to the new url.

Now instead of using links like:
http://www.domain.com/FILENAMEHERE.php/VARIABLE1

I can use links like:
http://www.domain.com/FILENAMEHERE/VARIABLE1

And also, this way outdated links will work too...finally!!!

Hope this helps somebody...but don't forget to try this at your own risk (since I don't really know what I'm doing anyways)!

:rolleyes: