RE: [PHP] Mirror url

-----Original Message----- From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:11 PM To: Peter Lauri Cc: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] Mirror url Peter Lauri wrote: > My client wants an affiliate system developed. I already have an affiliate > system that works, but I need to extend it a little. > > My client want that the affiliate like should be something like: > www.domain.com/rosegarden where rosegarden is the affiliates choosen > affiliate tracking. > > 1. I have a script that creates the folder rosegarden and copy > index.php file into that folder that contains the tracking script and then > just redirect them back to www.domain.com > <http://www.domain.com/> > 2. I can use ModRewrite or something like that. But I have never used > that before, and I am curious of how difficult it would be to create a > dynamic system for this. > > When the affiliate signs up they can choose their subfolder and the system > will automatically create necessary files and copy them. > Ok, 1 is pure evil, 2 is overkill. My suggestion would be multiviews. If you're using Apache (I assume you are since mod_rewrite is an option), enable multiviews on the vhost and then create a file called a.php in the root of the site. Affiliates link to (as your example) /a/rosegarden. In a.php, grab $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], remove the /a/ from the start of it, what's left is the affiliate identifier. Process as you like. -Stut ---------------------- That sounded simple, will take a look at it. Best regards, Peter