Search Engine Friendly URLs with PHP and Apache

jhon · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004, 07:16 AM

Hi friends,

Can any one help me make Search Engine Friendly URLs with PHP and Apache, actuly i want to convert the dynamic url to static

www.domainname.com/artical.php?ID=12

want to convert it in

www.domainname.com/artical/12

Please help to do this.

Thanks in advance

Jhon

jitender · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004, 07:33 AM

Hi jhon

Welcome to this forum,

Please try below to convert dynamic url to static

Apache has a global variable called $PATH_INFO that is created on every HTTP request, What this variable contains is the script that's being called, and everything to the right of that information in the URL. $PATH_INFO will contain article.php/12.

First you have to split this into variables you can use. And you can do that using PHP’s explode function:

$var_array = explode("/",$PATH_INFO);

Once you do that, you’ll have the following information:

Code:

$var_array[0] = "article.php"

$var_array[1] = 12

rename the variable you get $var_array[1] as $article

if your artical has multiple page you can also get the page value here

article.php/12/1 explode this

$var_array = explode("/",$PATH_INFO);

Code:

$var_array[0] = "article.php"
$var_array[1] = 12
$var_array[2] = 1

$var_array[1] as $article and $var_array[2] as $page_num and get the value from database.

may be it will help you make dynamic url to static url

Regards
Jitender

flashwebhost · #3 (**permalink**) 06-03-2005, 06:58 PM

I think its better to use Mod-rewrite than using PHP $PATH_INFO, if you use path info, url will look like

article.php/12

You can rename article.php to article and get it work as php file, but have faced some problem when working with phpsuexe on.

You can use following .htaccess file.

Code:

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule ^/article/([0-9]*) /article.php?ID=$1

jitender · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2005, 06:06 AM

hi flashwebhost,

Yes it's realy better,

/article/1.html

looks cool also and more user friendly

Regards
Jitender

trigger55 · #5 (**permalink**) 04-15-2007, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jitender

Hi jhon

Welcome to this forum,

Please try below to convert dynamic url to static

Apache has a global variable called $PATH_INFO that is created on every HTTP request, What this variable contains is the script that's being called, and everything to the right of that information in the URL. $PATH_INFO will contain article.php/12.

First you have to split this into variables you can use. And you can do that using PHP’s explode function:

$var_array = explode("/",$PATH_INFO);

Once you do that, you’ll have the following information:

Code:

$var_array[0] = "article.php"
 
$var_array[1] = 12

rename the variable you get $var_array[1] as $article

if your artical has multiple page you can also get the page value here

article.php/12/1 explode this

$var_array = explode("/",$PATH_INFO);

Code:

$var_array[0] = "article.php"
$var_array[1] = 12
$var_array[2] = 1

$var_array[1] as $article and $var_array[2] as $page_num and get the value from database.

may be it will help you make dynamic url to static url

Regards
Jitender

good job ....

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