Extracting query string based on URL directory string? 2

[jpo245]

Hi everyone, I've been puzzling over this, and can't seem to find the correct key words to do a search on google for answers.

Basically, how do i extract query string based on a "Directory" that a user types in the URL?

For example, if the user types in:

http://mysite.com/php+editor

I want my php script to do a search for "PHP" and "Editor"

Another example:
URL:

http://mysite.com/good+utilities

Result: Php script searches for "GOOD UTILITIES"

and hopefully i'd be able to add even more functionality where if i precede the text argument by symbols

other ideas are for example,

URL:

http://mysite.com/*userjohn

would tell the php script to list details of user called "userjohn"

URL:

http://mysite.com/#20031205

would tell the script to list all new users created after the date 2003/12/05 etc...

Thanks!


Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[cLFlaVA]

To do the functionality you want, you'd likely need to look into [tt]mod_rewrite[/tt], which is quite a complicated concept. However, there are a lot of tutorials out there to help you along the way.

Basically, you'd tell Apache where to map a url. So, for instance, I could type

http://www.site.com/about/

and you could map it (behind the scenes) to

http://www.site.com/about_page.php.

Similarly, you could map

http://www.site.com/userjohn/

to

http://www.site.com/search.php?word=userjohn.

So, mod_rewrite seems to be one effective way to go.

*cLFlaVA
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[tt]tastes great, less filling.[/tt]

 

[jpo245]

dude you are awesome...

mod_rewrite, thats all i needed to know!!

kudos to u!!

thanks a crazillion

 

[cLFlaVA]

cool. i just implemented mod_rewrite on my site, so I am familiar with the basics. let us know if you need any help along the way.

*cLFlaVA
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[tt]tastes great, less filling.[/tt]

 

[Olavxxx]

another way to go, is thru .htaccess and defining a php page to run as php, without extension.

then you can make the php-page:
search (no .php in the name)

.htaccess will define it to run as PHP.

I posted some samples of this on this forum, but I only rewrote something I found on

http://www.evolt.org

(searchfriendly urls part I and II).

you can then explode the url.

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster

 

[jpo245]

thanks dabutcher, that definitely is very helpful.... great resource man!!

 

[Olavxxx]

np, just glad to be of help.

Thank you for the stars

Olav Alexander Mjelde

http://www.volvo-power.net

Admin & Webmaster