.php extension change in browser

[David Nelson]

Hey guys,

 

For a special project I'm doing I need a .php page to show up as either a different extension in the address bar or no extension at all (i.e., right now it is search.php?action=XXXXX, I want it to be simply search?action=XXXXX) or something to that extent.

 

Do I need to do something with my server mime types or what?

 

Thanks!

[p2grace]

Htaccess file editing.

 

http://roshanbh.com.np/2008/02/hide-php-url-rewriting-htaccess.html

[David Nelson]

Thanks man,

 

I'm on a Windows server, though, any ideas for that?

 

Thanks!

[Caesar]

PHP on Windows sucks....because of Windows. And especially in CGI mode.

 

Also....

 

http://youdomain.com/?pid=2&search=12

 

Simplified example..

"index.php"

<?php

function getContent() {

  $pageID = $_GET['pid'];

  switch($pageID) {
    case 2:
      Search($_GET['search']);
    break;
    
    default:
      mainContent();
  }

}

function mainContent() {
  //Whatever dude. Load a template file or add your HTML here.
}

  getContent();


?>

 

Instead of using/linking to a million diferent PHP files...just use functions or even include files and add some kind of conditional statement that determines what content to load. Technically, you don't need to have the extension in the url. Apache mod_rewrite would be much nicer than this though.

[khalidorama]

hi,

 

Refer to this :

http://www.php24hours.com/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=18&p=27#p27

[David Nelson]

Thanks

 

I was able to just make the php an index page and go directory/?action=XXXXX

 

That worked well, but does anyone know how I would go about making it so the form submits to directory/ but doesn't add in index.php on the next page?

[David Nelson]

Anyone? What I just mentioned would be my easiest solution since I'm on a shared server where I couldn't install any IIS stuff.

[p2grace]

You could submit it to a specific page then redirect back to the folder

[David Nelson]

How would that work? (Pardon my inexperience)

[p2grace]

Post to any given page (i.e. post.php).  Then when finished processing redirect back to the folder page with a get var so that page knows if the processing was successful.  You'd redirect with the command:

 

header("Location: ../dir/?command=success"); // if successful, or command=fail if failed.

 

Really simple example but the idea should work.