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Louie Jay Jayme
Louie Jay Jayme

Reputation: 179

how to get data from the url in php

Hi guys I've been working with $_GET['whatever'] now this time I need something that I've never had done before I've seen this url domain.com/author/name_of_user and my question is how do I get data in that kind of URL? I've been looking for answers and all they say is $_GET['']; so example I have this link http://localhost/domain/attachments.php how do I change this one to http://localhost/domain/attachments/ in the first place? and how will I be able to get data from that is it from $_GET['']? please help me I'm really confused

Upvotes: 1

Views: 339

Answers (4)

Zaheer Ahmad Awan
Zaheer Ahmad Awan

Reputation: 120

You will need .htaccess file at the root of your website that will rewrite your website URLs from example.com/index.php?var1=12&var2=23 to something similar to example.com/pagename/12/23 Here are some basics of using .htaccess for URL rewriting: http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanagement/urlrewriting.html

Upvotes: 2

aleation
aleation

Reputation: 4834

That is called URL rewrite:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/

http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

Those are links to url rewritting in Apache / IIS.

In short, it takes: http://localhost/domain/attachments.php and "transform" (or rewrite) it to http://localhost/domain/attachments (or whatever you prefer).

Normally it is used to improve SEO.

You can still use $_GET normally because it's just a transformation, in the end you still have whatever.php?var=value&.... only that it shows differently for the browser.

Upvotes: 5

QQping
QQping

Reputation: 1370

It is pretts simple to rewrite a URL. Apache comes with a mod called mod_rewrite that handles this. The only thing you need to do is write some rules in your .htaccess.

I recommend you to read this article: htaccess Tricks

Upvotes: 3

Simone
Simone

Reputation: 21282

You should use the Apache's rewrite module in order to rewrite your URLs.

In your specific case - after you have activated the mod_rewrite - try this rewrite rule:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^domain/attachments/?$ /domain/attachments.php

However this doesn't affect your $_GET array in any way.

Upvotes: 2

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