Help: Static page output search engine?

westwood

I want use html page as my search result page.

For example:
i want to search "computer"

it's may be like
"http://somesite/search.php?keywords=computer"

But I want the result to be
"http://somesite/computer.html"

if i want to search "dell computer"
I want the result to be
"http://somesite/dell+computer.html"

It seems dell+computer.html is a static page, but it a dymatic search result.

Any body seen this before.

Thanks very much

nemonoman

If you don't want the url to be http://mysite/search.php?dell+computer

but a static html page

You'd write the content of the search results to a file called
'dell+computer.html', using the file() functions

Then using a header() function

You'd redirect the user to that page.

Weedpacket

Or you'd use your web server's URL-rewriting capabilities (assuming it has any) to rewrite requests for http://www.example.com/search/dell+computer.html into requests for http://www.example.com/search.php?search=dell+computer
No-one need ever know that they're looking at a PHP-generated page.

nemonoman

Weedpacket's suggestion, however, doesn't create a static webpage. It masks the URL of a dynamically generated php page.

The difference would be that the content of the Weedpacket page might be different each time (for example, if dell added new computer to the line-up) , but that of a saved file would be always and forever static.

You need to consider the way you state the problem to find the answer that best suits you.

Do you really "want to build a static HTML page"?

Do you "want to hide complex URLs and variables from my users?"