php arrays and url rewrite

[madmeera99]

Heelo I have a problem with rewriting urls, as none seems to work and I am not even sure if it's possible in this case.

I have got a dictionary page, where I want keys listed to be displayed, and when you click on them, a new page opens with the value. I have got something liek this:

<?php
$dict = array(
array("key1", "value1"), 

array("key2", "value2"), 
);

if ($_GET['dictId'] != "")
{
 echo ($dict[$_GET['dictId']][1]);
}
else
{
$i=0;
foreach($dict as $row)
{
echo ("<li><a href=\"index.php?dictId=".$i."\">".$row[0]."</a></li>");
$i++;
}
}
?>

Well this work fine, but I want the urls at the top to be static, like I want them to display the key. I heard you can do it straight away in php, rather than later in .htaccess.

Also, I would like for the displayed value, to have a title which matches the key title.

Could anyone help me with this please?

Thanks alot!

[bpat1434]

If you're really doing key-value pairs, why not use arrays as they are to be used:

<?php

$dict = array(
    'key1' => 'value1',
    'key2' => 'value2',
    'key3' => 'value3'
);


if($_GET['dict_id'] != '')
    echo $dict[$_GET['dict_id']];
else
{
    foreach($dict as $key=>$val)
    {
        echo '<li><a href="index.php?dictid='.$key.'">'.$value.'</a></li>';
    }
}

Still not sure what you're trying to do. If you want static URLs, you have to use some sort of rewriting rules. You need to choose a "route" which will be the root of the route. So you could use something like /dict/{id} or /myPlace/{key}. So in php you'd have to set the links up right. Assuming you want to use /dict/{key} it would be:

foreach($dict as $key=>$value)
{
    echo '<li><a href="/dict/'.$key.'">'.$value.'</a></li>';
}

Then in a .htaccess file you'd have:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule dict/(.*) /index.php?dictid=$1 [L,NC]

Hope that helps.