URL Challenge

[gvanto]

I am in the process of creating a static .html page using mod_rewrite (from
http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite) , so that I can have, instead of:

http://www.thecrazywebsite.com/index.php?type=pictures&cat=Signs&id=280

this:

http://www.thecrazywebsite.com/BallsRemoved.html

Using mod_rewrite, I can get the following: index.php?page=BallsRemoved (based on the info in the URL).

I am assuming the only way of getting the correct page loaded up is to call the database, get the type, cat & id arguments and then somehow load the original page...

this however, is where I am stuck...how do i "include" in php-script a page containing arg's in the URL ?

I tried this (testing locally, using simple test file):

<?php

  include "test1.php?var=hello";

?>

but it gives an error..."could not load file"...

Any help would be much appreciated!
Gerry
url-newbie 🙂

[Rodney_H_]

If you are including a file into another, the included file has access to all of the previously defined and assigned variables, so you don't have to pass any values in the query string. The included file will "know" that value... (If the main script knows it...)

So, depending on your re-rwite rule, test for those values, and then you should be able to access them... even in the included file.

OR:

<?php
$var = 'hello';

include('test1.php');
?>

Hope that helps.

[gvanto]

Lol OMG, I am an idiot for not seeing this!! (always overcomplicating things!)

Thanks a million Rodney!

Gerry