[RESOLVED] alternative to $_GET

[benracer]

hi,
how can i change my urls display like this...

http://example.com/members/user_name_here

instead of...

http://example.com/members.php?id=user_name_here

Thanks
Ben

[dougal85]

use string processing functions to get it from $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']

[benracer]

Thanks, so i now get this returned...

/item.php/90987

so how could i remove the /item.php/ ?

would there be any problems using str_replace()?

regards

[dougal85]

if your always removing the same bit you could use substring (http://uk2.php.net/substr)

if you are going to have many values seperated by a "/" you could str_split (http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.str-split.php)

This might not quite be the solution you are looking for. With Mod rewrite, you can get the web server to remap pages for you. For example;

http://example.com/members/user_name_here

could really point to;

http://example.com/members.php?user=user_name_here

A bit like an alias.

Google mod_rewrite. You'll find plenty on it.

On a side note, I think you've got a syntax error if your signature. I assume the if statement should be;
if ($microsoft == "error"){

[benracer]

Thanks and thanks for the sig error! lol

[bradgrafelman]

mod_rewrite was going to be my suggestion:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^members/([^/]+)/?$ members.php?user=$1

I assume the if statement should be;
if ($microsoft == "error"){

Heck, it might even be more correct to say while($microsoft == "error") :p

[benracer]

ok, i have tried that in the htaccess but no look, i used members as an example...

this is what im faced with,

static.php?page=contact

to

/static/contact

im using this...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^{static/([/]+)/?$} static.php?page=$1

[bradgrafelman]

Is mod_rewrite enabled on your webserver?

Also, what's happening? Are you getting a 404 error?

[benracer]

How can i check this as i cant find it in my hosts php info?

[bradgrafelman]

benracer wrote:

How can i check this as i cant find it in my hosts php info?

If PHP was integrated with Apache as an ISAPI module, you should be able to use [man]apache_get_modules/man to see if 'mod_rewrite' is loaded.

[benracer]

Yes its automatically enabled when htaccess is.

[benracer]

does "static" have to be a folder?

[bradgrafelman]

No, the only folder/file you have to have is 'static.php'. Now, I noticed on my webserver that if the file was named 'static.php', the rewrite rule wouldn't apply; instead, it would call 'static.php' with the following values:

_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]	/static/contact
_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"]	/static.php
_SERVER["PATH_INFO"]	/contact
_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"]	C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\htdocs\contact
_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]	/static.php/contact

This is due to the fact that I have "MultiViews" enabled ("Options MultiViews" in the <Directory> directive).

[benracer]

so how do i fix this - disable multiviews, if so how?

[bradgrafelman]

Well, you could simply rename the PHP script to something else, or yes, you can disable the MultiViews option:

Options -MultiViews

[benracer]

trust me to find a name that messes the whole thing up, lol -
THANK YOU

[bradgrafelman]

Don't forget to mark this thread resolved (if it is).

[benracer]

will do just testing...

[benracer]

No, still not working...

URL
http://example.co.uk/info.php?page=contact

.htaccess
errorDocument 403 /index.php
errorDocument 404 /index.php
errorDocument 405 /index.php
Options -MultiViews

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^{static/([/]+)/?$} info.php?page=$1

[benracer]

edit: resolved