Re: Using '/' instead of '?' in url querystring

Thanks, These links will help me out for sure. regards Kenni "Nicole Lallande" <nicole@nmlconsulting.com> skrev i en meddelelse news:3DA19C4C.6050008@nmlconsulting.com... > Kenni, > > I asked a similar question several months ago and got a lot of terrific > info from the list. First some links: > > See this related link: > > Q "How can I pass variables to a script in the url > like /script/var1/var2?" > > http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/124 > > Includes tutorials for doing it in PHP, mod_rewrite > and/or mod_mime. > > and > > > Search Engine Friendly URLs with PHP and Apache > hƒ—!T!× > ¨8 ŠùÍø™http://www.evolt.org/article/Search_Engine_Friendly_URLs_with_PHP_and_Ap > ache/17/15049/index.html > > Search Engine Friendly URLs (Part II) > > http://www.evolt.org/article/Search_Engine_Friendly_URLs_Part_II/17/1717 > 1/index.html > > and finally: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html > > > > The approach I used was the Apache web server's mod_rewrite (rewrite > engine) and then apply the appropriate rules to an htaccess file. If > you have the rewrite engine installed (and loaded in your httpd.conf > file), then try the following in your .htaccess file: > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteRule ^foo\.php(./*) $ http://your > domainname.com/foo.php?id=$1 [R] > > The '.' is a concactenator in the rules so it must be escaped unless > used as such. If you wanted to add an ending forward slash for > foo.php/12/ then perhaps use (./*/) > > HTH, > > Nicole > PS - many thanks once again to all who helped answer this question for me! > > Kenni Graversen wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I wonder if any of you have experience, sending variables in the url without > >using the ? character. > > > >When sending variables this is the normal way to do it: > >/foo.php?id=12 > > > >But I have read that the following URL should work: > >/foo.php/12/ > > > >and then fetch the id in this way: > >$id = ereg_replace('[^0-9]', '', $PATH_INFO); > > > >I have even seen it in function but the problem is that I can't get it to > >work on my local apache server. > >When I try to write /foo.php/12/ I get a '500 Internal Server Error' and in > >the apache error-log I can read that 'Premature end of script headers: > >c:/php/php.exe'. Does anyone know what could cause this error and why the > >url isn't working?? > > > >thanks > > > >Kenni Graversen > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > ######################## > Nicole Lallande > nicole@nmlconsulting.com > 760.753.6766 > ######################## > > >