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batfink

hi, i've seen lots and lots and lots of these tutorials and different ways to implement this to your site. but it just doesnt work for me the way i want it to, or it works, but it is NOT secure, like anyone can add fake urls and i get the Warning: /var/usr/www/html/ etc... instead of redirecting to index.php

i have at the moment this url..

subdomain.mysite.com/index.php
subdomain.mysite.com/videos.php
subdomain.mysite.com/news.php

etc...

but i want the urls like this..

subdomain.mysite.com/
subdomain.mysite.com/?page=videos
subdomain.mysite.com/?page=news

i've seen the tutorials about including your pages in the index.php page, but all my pages are different and to include all my content of "videos.php" into "index.php" would just be a great mess in "index.php"

is there any way of helping me? or am i asking the impossible?
(not wanting to include my content into index.php)

:bemused:

vaaaska

Perhaps you're looking for mod_rewrite?

Do a search on Google and you'll get more than enough info...it's not a php thing.

batfink

Originally posted by vaaaska
Perhaps you're looking for mod_rewrite?

i'm on shared webspace, so i can't restart the Apache Server. a PHP solution would be great.

Thanks though 😉

vaaaska

Originally posted by batfink
i've seen the tutorials about including your pages in the index.php page, but all my pages are different and to include all my content of "videos.php" into "index.php" would just be a great mess in "index.php"

is there any way of helping me? or am i asking the impossible?
(not wanting to include my content into index.php)

:bemused:

I think you are answering your own question here. If you thinks it's too much, then it's too much.

You don't need to reboot Apache to use mod_rewrite. I think it's what you are looking for.

batfink

i found this from Invano.com

 <?php
$query = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$query = explode(':',$query);
if(empty($query[0]) && empty($query[1]))
{
include 'home.php';
}
elseif(empty($query[1]))
{
include $query[0].'.php';
}
else
{
include $query[0].'/'.$query[1].'.php';
}
?>

that set up would output urls like-

http://yourdomain.com/?filename

http://yourdomain.com/?foldername:filename

it works. but there is no security. its open for anyone to type urls like -

http://yourdomain.com/?fakelink

:glare:

and that is a big security risk. my question now is, how do i add a statement if someone tries to put in a fake link then it just goes to my index page. thanks 😉

thorpe

just put all possible options in an array and then use [man]array_search[/man] to check if the users selection is valid. if not, redirect them.

batfink

i understand what you mean, yes good idea, but i cant code in php, i only know xhtml. so i wouldnt know where to insert the array_search in the above code..?

could someone show me an example? no, not do it for me, just tell me how, i'm willing to learn if shown the way :p

Matt_Kindig

Fairly simple way is to do this. This script puts the contents of videos.php on the index page when the URL is

subdomain.mydomain.com/?page=videos

and news.php when

subdomain.mydomain.com/?page=news

etc. To add additional pages, just add additional
"filename" entries to the array where I have indicated with comments, placing commas between each entry, where filename is the name of the .php file (without the .php extension tacked on).

index.php

<?php
$page=$_GET["page"];
$pageArray=array("videos", "news"
// put more pages in here as
// "page1", "page2", ...
// make sure to separate entries with commas!
);
if (in_array($page,$pageArray)) {
 include($page.".php");
} else {
 include("home.php");
}
?>

Let us know if this works.