PHP read url in folder form instead of querystring

[mosidiot]

Hi,

 

how to let php read the url in folder form instead of querystring?

 

e.g.

 

www.example.com/index.php?post=123

www.example.com/post/123/

 

both is actually directed to the same page - index.php, but how to make it read like a folder when the physical path doesn't really exist?

[objnoob]

Manipulate a string?

 

$folder_name = 'www.example.com/post/'.$_GET['post'];

 

If your index.php always expects a value in the URL named post...

[chintansshah]

You can do this using htaccess rewrite rule, Please googling, you will find the solution.

[objnoob]

Yeah I figured he wanted apache's mod_rewrite, but how does one get access to the index.php of

 

www.example.com/post/123/

 

if the physical path doesn't exist, and no rewrite rules are in use.

[Buddski]

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Yeah I figured he wanted apache's mod_rewrite, but how does one get access to the index.php of

 

www.example.com/post/123/

 

if the physical path doesn't exist, and no rewrite rules are in use.

 

The idea of a mod_rewrite is so when a user types in the address http://www.example.com/post/123/ it will be "re-written" to be whatever the mod_rewrite rule tells it.

[mosidiot]

Thanks guys!

 

objNoob,

Thanks, thanks a good solution, I see websites or CMS software did something like that without htaccess rewriterule

 

I realized using htaccess utilized less resources and faster. Thanks a lot for your solution anyway! I will use it when I need to bypass apache mod or probably in IIS host.

 

Buddski

Yup, thanks.. Google indeed helps! I wasn't sure what kind of term it used for this kind of redirection.

 

Example is as follows:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^products/([^/]+)$ index.php?prodID=$1

 

 

Thanks guys for the kind help! Really appreciated that.