PHP Get Method, seems simple enough but why cant i do this?

davidray78

hey everyone, a little help on this one please

when you use the get method it will generate a url with a query string

that url contains symbols (like ?,=,$)

I cannot save a page name with symbols (like ?,=,$)

so what the heck!

here is what i am trying to accomplish....something that is done a thousand times on the internet like here (http://www.city-data.com) when you enter city and state it goes directly to that page with a proper formed url, not with a query string.

So what do i need to do to accomplish this

I was trying just to name the page whatever the generated url would be when a person enters in the city in the city field and the state in the state field, but like i said above I cant name a page that on my local drive.

Thanks!

bradgrafelman

That site most likely doesn't have a bunch of .html files for every city/state combo, but instead uses URL rewriting. For example:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^city/(.*)-(.*)\.html$ /find_city.php?city=$1&state=$2

which means /city/Mapleton-Illinois.html doesn't point to a .html file in a "city" folder, but instead to a PHP script - find_city.php?city=Mapleton&state=Illinois .

davidray78

bradgrafelman;10878697 wrote:
That site most likely doesn't have a bunch of .html files for every city/state combo, but instead uses URL rewriting. For example:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^city/(.*)-(.*)\.html$ /find_city.php?city=$1&state=$2
which means /city/Mapleton-Illinois.html doesn't point to a .html file in a "city" folder, but instead to a PHP script - find_city.php?city=Mapleton&state=Illinois .

ok thanks so will..... this code above work for what I currently have in place and where would i insert the rewrite code above?

<form action="/" method="get">
City: <input type="text" name="city" />
State: <input type="text" name="state" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>