How to develop our own advanced php web application

[roccos]

Hi Guys,

I have developed a php based simple web application which allows users to view articles, comment on articles ,etc

The features of the application are:

Member Features:

• Allows members to create categories
• Allows members to retrieve lost passwords
• Allows members to post new articles, comment on articles

Admin Features:

• Allows admin to create/edit/delete users.
• Allows admin to post/suspend articles, comments.
• And almost everything can be done by admin

User Features:

• Allows users to view articles, comment on articles, sign up for website, etc

PLEASE HELP ME OUT IN ADDING THESE FEATURES TO MY WEB APPLICATION:

1. Whenever an article is viewed the url of the article becomes http://www.demo.com/article.php?id=123

I want the function which allows admin to change the url of any article, like

http://www.demo.com/category/article-one-two.php

2. I want to provide the users/member/designers the ability to design template for the application i…e In short I want the application to be template driven.

3. I want to provide users with the ability to create custom plugins for the application so that the application can be extended very easily.

(For now this is all I need but in future I will need more features)

PLEASE HELP ME………………….. I would be very thankful to you all

[Markus]

I want never gets.

1. Pretty URLs. - Of course, you'll have to have your application generate the .htaccess file.
2. I don't understand.
3. Interesting discussion on making a pluggable application.

Remember, we will never give you full sourcecode. We expect you to do the work, and when you hit a specific problem, ask for help.

[roccos]

Thanks for the info...

Sorry for i want, but this will be very helpful to others as well

can you at least tell a way using which application can be made template driven
or can you refer some books.........

Thanks for the info.

[Markus]

Sorry for i want, but this will be very helpful to others as well

Of course, but saying 'I want, I want' is a very rude way of asking for help.

Any how, I've not delved into template driven applications, but a quick google offered a promising result.

[roccos]

Thanks for your Great Help, more questions coming very soooooon. :)

[Markus]

Thanks for your Great Help, more questions coming very soooooon. :)

No problem. We shall be waiting. :)

[roccos]

Well then here's a question for you:
how to create a search engine which displays results from google, amazon and eBay....., I have experience in creating database driven search engines

And one more questions about Pretty URL's, though the link to articles you provided is useful, But i didn't understand it clearly.... Can you explain or provide links to Articles which explain "Pretty URL's" in a great detail (i..e step 1 to the last step)

[Markus]

Well then here's a question for you:
how to create a search engine which displays results from google, amazon and eBay....., I have experience in creating database driven search engines

And one more questions about Pretty URL's, though the link to articles you provided is useful, But i didn't understand it clearly.... Can you explain or provide links to Articles which explain "Pretty URL's" in a great detail (i..e step 1 to the last step)

1. That's a question for a new thread.

2. Google's results. After looking through a few tutorials, you'll start to understand, and when you have a more *specific* question, post back.

[roccos]

what will be the .htaccess code to acheive this?

Hi guys,

I tried learning and implementing .htaccess code but i always get an error,
so can you provide .htaccess code to acheive this:

1. whenever a page i viewed the url becomes

http://www.demo.com/articles/page.php?pages=php-tutorial

Want this to be changed to

http://www.demo.com/articles/pages/php-tutorial.html

Similarly for categories, when a category is viewed the url becomes

http://www.demo.com/articles/category.php?category=wordpress

want this to be changed to

http://www.demo.com/articles/category/wordpress

Help Me Out Guys......

[Markus]

Can you provide the code you have tried? (We don't give out code without any effort on your part to at least try).

[roccos]

This Is The Code:

Options -MultiViews +FollowSymlinks -Indexes

<IfModule mod_security.c>
SecFilterEngine Off

SecFilterScanPO ST Off
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On



RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILEN AME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php
</IfModule>

I tried changing index.php with page.php but nothing happened, All it displays is a navigation bar with footer contents without any styles (i..e No CSS)


Over To You Markus ............... ......

[roccos]

GUYS, WHAT HAPPENED, WHY NO REPLY.......... .

I NEED HELP, Do let me know if you cant

[devsusen]

Hi guys,

I tried learning and implementing .htaccess code but i always get an error,
so can you provide .htaccess code to acheive this:

1. whenever a page i viewed the url becomes

http://www.demo.com/articles/page.php?pages=php-tutorial

Want this to be changed to

http://www.demo.com/articles/pages/php-tutorial.html

Similarly for categories, when a category is viewed the url becomes

http://www.demo.com/articles/category.php?category=wordpress

want this to be changed to

http://www.demo.com/articles/category/wordpress

Help Me Out Guys......

I hope this may help you

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^archive.html archive.php [L]
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9_\-]+)\.html$ index.php?u=$1 [L]

This code written in HTACESS file can do the following :

http://www.demo.com/articles/pages/php-tutorial.html

To

http://www.demo.com/articles/pages/index.php?u=php-tutorial

[Markus]

Here is an example: read the url http ://example.com/my_dir/test.php?id=1 as http ://example.com/my_dir/id/1.

# Turn on the engine. Brum brum.
RewriteEngine On
# Set the current directory - this time it is 'my_dir'
RewriteBase /my_dir/
# Conditionals - only run the rewrite if we're getting a none-existant file...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# Or directory.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# The rewrite rule.
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z]+)/([0-9])$ test.php?$1=$2 [R]

The rule's explanation:

• We start the rule with a ^ character;
• Then we use parenthesis '( )' to indicate we want the expressions results to be stored in a variable for later use;
• The expression checks for any alpha character (lowercase and uppercase) - the + sign let's us check for multiple characters;
• The forward slash that would appear in the url to separate the items;
• Then we do the same as the above, this time checking for only numeric characters 0 through 9;
• $ terminates the rule.

The last part tells us where to redirect to, using $ (followed by the rules placement - $1 = [a-zA-Z0-9] ) to place the variables into the location we want them.

Finally, the [R] flag forces the browser to redirect to the new url. If you just wanted to mask the url, simply change the flag to [L] (last rule) or ommit the flag.

I hope this helps.

ps: less bold and less uppercaps, please.

[roccos]

Thanks Guys, Really thank you for your help.., Though i haven't tried the code yet, I'll try it very soon and i really hope it works..