Re: i'm not sure of the question.
| From: | php4 at developersdesk dot com | Date: | Wed, 12 Jul 2000 18:03:44 +0000 |
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** Reply to note from <jmh3@web2.webpipe.net> Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:21:58 -0600 (MDT)
>
> i have something i want to do but i dont know what it is called.
>
> lets say i have a url:
> http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/artistname
>
> ok this is what i want to do... i want to take whatever is in the
> place of artist name and construct a webpage for that artist based on
> information in the database.
>
>
> that way the following urls: http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/jill^^k
> y 8ك
> http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/sam
> http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/bob
> http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/joe
>
> would produce a different page for each person depending on the url,
> but woule have the same effect as
> http://bob.com/path/to/stuff/artist/?name=jill
>
> is this possible. is there a better way to go about it?
>
First, this is not related to the development of PHP, and does not
belong on this list. It would be better suited on php-general. If you
have further comments on this, or other questions please use the proper
list. For a list of alternate mailing lists see:
http://www.php.net/support.php
Yes, it is possible. There are two parts to the solution. First the
'directory' /to in your example URL's actually needs to be the php
program. You need to add:
<location /to>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</location>
either in your httpd.conf for hte VirtualDomain, or maybe in a .htaccess
file. This makes the php program named to run whenever someone hits a
URL in that 'directory branch'.
Second, once you have the ForceType in effect start with a php program
that does a phpinfo() and look at the variables near the bottom of
the report. You will find sevaral of them with various views of the URL
that was entered. $PATH_INFO may be of interest, but look at them and
find the best suited for your needs.
If you have further questions, please post them on php-general.
Rick Widmer
Internet Marketing Specialists
http://www.developersdesk.com