PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

[lukedigby@gmail.com]

Hi there.

Could someone please help me.

Is it possible to show addresses such:

http://www.spanishinvest.com/list.php?area_id=5

like this instead:

http://www.spanishinvest.com/area_costa_del_sol.html

Thanks for any advice in advance.
Luke

[Erwin Moller]

Re: PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

lukedigby@gmail .com wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi there.
>
> Could someone please help me.
>
> Is it possible to show addresses such:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/list.php?area_id=5
>
> like this instead:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/area_costa_del_sol.html
>
> Thanks for any advice in advance.
> Luke[/color]

Hi Luke,

The first:

http://www.spanishinvest.com/list.php?area_id=5

calls the php-script named list.php.
In this script it is possible to retrieve the passed value for area_id.
Like this
$areaID = $_GET["area_id"];

What the script uses that value for, I cannot say of course.

The second is just a normal URL:

http://www.spanishinvest.com/area_costa_del_sol.html

and has nothing to do with PHP, because it is plain HTML.

What is your problem/question excactly?

Regards,
Erwin Moller

[Jerry Stuckle]

Re: PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

lukedigby@gmail .com wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi there.
>
> Could someone please help me.
>
> Is it possible to show addresses such:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/list.php?area_id=5
>
> like this instead:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/area_costa_del_sol.html
>
> Thanks for any advice in advance.
> Luke
>[/color]

This isn't a php problem.

If you're using Apache look into mod_rewrite and .htaccess.

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[John Dunlop]

Re: PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

Somebody wrote:
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> Is it possible to show addresses such:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/list.php?area_id=5
>
> like this instead:
> http://www.spanishinvest.com/area_costa_del_sol.html[/color]

Yes. Search term: mod_rewrite.

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[Sergej Andrejev]

Re: PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

If you use apache and have root privileges you should use
mod_rewrite (look in your httpd.conf)
here is a totorial

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting/

and the geek's way also an apache mod :}
With mod_mime you can associate php mime with other extension

[JDS]

Re: PHP query in URL to show as Filename instead.

On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 04:41:08 -0700, Sergej Andrejev wrote:
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> If you use apache and have root privileges you should use[/color]

You don't even need root privs, just AllowOverride privs within Apache.

Not PHP-related, though.

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