Re: Re: User-friendly URI's

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .whatever -philip On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Jamie Fields wrote: > How do you set up apache to recognize .whatever as a php extension? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Philip Hallstrom" <philip@adhesivemedia.com> > To: "Mike Eheler" <meheler@idearesource.com> > Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 7:35 PM > Subject: [PHP] Re: User-friendly URI's > > > > You could always name the file "news.mike" and then tell apache that .mike > > is a PHP extension :) > > > > > > > > -philip > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Mike Eheler wrote: > > > > > That's the whole point of this thread.. that's what I want to avoid. I > > > want to have a URI that is easier to remember, and less ugly, and also > > > provides a sense of security (even if it is only a faint sense) through > > > obscurity. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > > > > > > Why not just make the script name "news.php" and not worry about it? > > > > > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Mike Eheler wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >>A 404 ErrorDoc would still reply with a 404 code, which could mess up > > > >>some search engines. > > > >> > > > >>I was thinking of the .htaccess solution, but I'm not sure if > > > >>that's > > > >>possible to force only certain files or perhaps all files in just a > > > >>certain directory to all be application/x-httpd-php? > > > >> > > > >>I guess that would be the best solution. :) > > > >> > > > >>Or would it? What if I have an images/ subfolder.. I certainly > wouldn't > > > >>want all my images being thrown through PHP. That could cause some > > > >>ugliness. So I guess it would have to be un-doable. Is it? > > > >> > > > >>Mike > > > >> > > > >>Jason Murray wrote: > > > >> > > > >> > > > >>>>"news" would actually be a PHP script, of course. I know > > > >>>>how > > > >>>>to handle /2002/01/02/keyword as parameters, my question is on > > > >>>>making "news" be interpreted through PHP. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>Off the top of my head... > > > >>> > > > >>>You could either use a .htaccess to force Apache to recognise > > > >>>"news" as a PHP script, or you could use a Custom 404 page to > > > >>>figure out what the heck the original URL was trying to get at > > > >>>and silently substitute in the resulting page. > > > >>> > > > >>>A Custom 404 might be easier, but would have a bit more supporting > > > >>>infrastructure at the code end for a big site. > > > >>> > > > >>>Apologies if this is incorrect, I just may not be thinking > > > >>>too clearly today :) > > > >>> > > > >>>Jason > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >>-- > > > >>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > >>For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > >>To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > >