PHP add some string to filename in address bar and display

[durgaprasadcs]

Hello ,
 
I have two fields in database (ID , CITYNAME ) like below
 
ID    |  CITYNAME

----------------------
123 |  DELHI

----------------------

124 | MAHARASHTRA

----------------------

125 |  PUNJAB

----------------------

 

I am trying to display records based on id number in a file called viewrecords.php.
 
where i am passing ID parameter (http://www.example.com/viewrecords.php?ID=123) and display the record in viewrecords.php file.
 
It simply displays the records where the corresponding id is matches.
 
Now I have a requirement where i need to display a city field ( for example http://www.example.com/cityname-ID.php that is http://www.example.com/delhi-123.php) in the addressbar instead of viewrecords.php.

 

any help appreciated.

[Ch0cu3r]

Dont, know why you'd do this but. What you need to do is build the filename from the values in the ID and Cityname field from the database, eg

$id   = $row['ID'];
$city = $row['CITYNAME'];

$linkFile = $city.'-'.$id.'.php';

echo "<a href=\"$linkFile\">$city</a>";

[durgaprasadcs]

Hi Thanks for the reply.

 

in my end both city name and is dynamic where city user enters. so I need to create the page in run time. 

 

So I see two possibilities here..

 

one is to create the filename entirely in runtime.

 

second one is to have the filename already like $city-$id.php

 

But i am not sure these are possible. 

 

Please let me know ...

[durgaprasadcs]

hi adding to that I would like to see similar to this website (http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/286451-php-add-some-string-to-filename-in-address-bar-and-display/)

 

 

Where i see ID and my title of my post.

 

This is my exact requirement.

[Ch0cu3r]

Oh now I understand. 

What you'll want to look at is mod_rewrite. You don't dynamically create new files on the fly. 

 

So if you want your urls to be site.com/delphi-123 (like this forum) you'd use the following mod_rewrite rule a in a .htaccess file

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ([a-z+])-([0-9+)/ viewrecords.php?ID=$2&cityname=$1 [NC]

The above rewrite rule will match a url like site.com/delphi-123 and then pass delphi and 123 as querystring parameters to viewrecords.php.

 

 

Now for your code create that url you'd use this

$id   = $row['ID'];
$city = $row['CITYNAME'];


echo "<a href=\"/$city-$id/\">$city</a>";

Edited February 23, 2014 by Ch0cu3r

[durgaprasadcs]

Hi,

 

I understand the concept you explained. But however If i use the above code, my entire site shows as 500 Internal Server Error.

 

Hi I tried the following code :  just alone with ID.

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule (.*)/$ load_page.php?&page_id=$1

 

 

it is working with slash in end of the url.  ( http://www.example.com/384/) 

and not working without the slash in the end of the url. (http://www.example.com/384)

 

any suggestions 

Edited February 23, 2014 by durgaprasadcs

[Ch0cu3r]

Sorry, my rewriteRule should of been

RewriteRule ([a-z]+)-([0-9]+)/? viewrecords.php?ID=$2&cityname=$1 [NC]