Using index.php with includes & folders instead of named php files

Question

Say I have a user database and don't want to use get to get the id (user.php?i=234) and want to use folders and index.php(s) instead (user/234)

I can do this by creating a new folder and index.php file in that folder when the user registers. I can put an include inside the index.php file (include '/users.php') and call a function that builds the page (buildUserPage(234);)

Is this the best way to do this?

How can I get the user id based on the parent folder if 234 is the user id?

How can I check if the url of the page is index.php so I can redirect to "../"?

what you want to do is to use a apache modrewrite Creating dynamic URLs in htaccess see my answer here — Ibu
– Ibu, Commented Jul 10, 2012 at 16:57
alright if you post that as an answer i will accept. post the actual code though so others can see if they come across the question — Max Hudson
– Max Hudson, Commented Jul 10, 2012 at 16:59
there is no need, you can simply upvote the answer if it works for you. — Ibu
– Ibu, Commented Jul 10, 2012 at 17:00

ghbarratt · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-13 21:13:24Z

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In the .htaccess file in the user directory, place the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(\d+)/?$ ../users.php?i=$1 [QSA,L]

For your question directory .htaccess file, try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(\w+)?/?(\d+)?/?$ ../question.php?l=$1&i=$2 [QSA,L]

edited Jul 13, 2012 at 21:13

answered Jul 10, 2012 at 21:31

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Max Hudson Over a year ago

how can i use this with multiple get variables?

ghbarratt Over a year ago

Just alter the regex. Give me an example URL and how you would like to translate it, and I can help you with the rule.

ghbarratt Over a year ago

Do you plan to have an actual question directory in the file system? Where will question.php reside? I assume that l can be values other than "HTML" right? Any special rules to what l can be (letters, number, underscores, dashes, etc)?

Max Hudson Over a year ago

questions will be in the top directory. I was hoping I could place the .htaccess file in the /question/ directory and have question.php in the top dir and have it function. There won't be any special characters

Max Hudson Over a year ago

alright thanks. and could you please let me know how to handle it when the $_get variable(s) aren't set? because right now it say file not found when i don't set the variables

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