RE: [PHP] Mediawiki's url confusion

> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul M Foster [mailto:paulf@quillandmouse.com] > Sent: 23 July 2009 06:13 > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:57:51AM +0800, ?????? wrote: > > > But I cannot help myself with the url pattern : > > /somepath_to_mediawiki/index.php/pagetitle. > > > > How can this kind of url be parsed to the file "index.php" and the > > "pagetitle" be parsed as params? > > > > Why the web server not go straight into path "index.php/" and look > for the > > file named "pagetitle" ? > > > > This type of thing is common for sites using the "MVC" or > "Model-View-Controller" paradigm. The index.php file is what's > called a > "front controller". A front controller is usually the entrance to > all > the other pages of a site. URLs like this often take advantage of an > Apache feature called "mod_rewrite", which tells Apache how to > handle > URLs which look like this. Or by the "pathinfo" mechanism, which I believe is also supported by other Web servers, and can work just as well, if it satisfies your requirements, without all the complications of mod_rewrite. Cheers! Mike -- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer,Libraries and Learning Innovation, Leeds Metropolitan University, C507, Civic Quarter Campus, Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS,  LS1 3HE,  United Kingdom Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 812 4730 To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm