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@NogDogDec 16.2014 — #This appears to give a decent description of how to do it: http://anantgarg.com/2009/03/13/write-your-own-php-mvc-framework-part-1/
Basically, you'll pass the URL string to your main PHP file (e.g. index.php), which will then break it down into its pieces, and then provide them as arguments to the applicable (controller) function.
Or you could just build your application on top of an existing framework that already does most of this for you (you then typically just need to define the applicable routes so that it knows what function to call with which parameters).
Simulating a get variable as a directory
Okay so this may be less PHP and more Apache but the two are very interlinked so hopefully it wont be too much of a problem, just a heads up.
So i have been diving into .htaccess and having a look at the mouth-watering abilites it can provide. However, i was under the assumption that this (or somehting like it) was how websites today are able to seemily create new directorys for a post, a user or something like that.
To make sense of what the above means it is likely best i give an example.
Say a website used a get var in the url to show the user their personal userinfo such as domain/userarea?user=Fluffy.
I was under the impression that websites were now turning this into something like domain/userarea/Fluffy – much more clean and proffesional to say the least.
Is this not the case, are these websties making new files for every “X” thing?
i realise that .htaccess can be used to make domain/userarea/Fluffy be re-directed to domain/userarea?user=Fluffy but that is only so good.
Thanks for any help as always boys and girls … also to note that i’m asking more for a “yes or no” kinda answer and maybe some useful links if the answer is yes (don’t need pages of code and your time xD)
Regards
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@NogDogDec 16.2014 — #This appears to give a decent description of how to do it: Basically, you'll pass the URL string to your main PHP file (e.g. index.php), which will then break it down into its pieces, and then provide them as arguments to the applicable (controller) function.
Or you could just build your application on top of an existing framework that already does most of this for you (you then typically just need to define the applicable routes so that it knows what function to call with which parameters).