Adding a PHP variable into the URL

Question

I don't think it is possible to add a PHP variable into the .htaccess file. Unless I am wrong?

My website creates content from a data base. I would like to change the URL to match what is being show.

I want to change,

http://domain.com/products

to

http://domain.com/products/brand/partnumber

I have php variables for $Brand and $Partnumber

How do I change the URL based on what is being show? Thanks in advance.

What do you mean "Change the URL" ? Like, redirect the client to a new page? — Grisha Levit
– Grisha Levit, Commented Jan 14, 2017 at 23:08
For SEO I figured it would be better that each product had it's own URL. I have a database with all the product information. I dynamically create the product pages just trying to update the URL so that it would match what is being shown. — Brendan
– Brendan, Commented Jan 15, 2017 at 16:46

Jonas Wilms · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-15 18:35:01Z

1

Under products/index.php

<?php
 header("location: http://thisurl.com/products/".$brand."/".$partnumber);
?>

However, you may use a router, sth like http://github.com/klein/klein.php :

$klein->respond("/products/",function($request,$response){
   $response->redirect("/products/".$brand."/".$partnumber);
});
$klein->respond("/products/[:brand]/[:number]",function($request){
  return $request->brand." ".$request.number;
});

$klein->dispatch();

edited Jan 15, 2017 at 18:35

answered Jan 14, 2017 at 18:06

Jonas Wilms

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2 Comments

Brendan Over a year ago

I have been trying your top example. I keep running into an infinite loop. But I think this is the direction I need to go.

Jonas Wilms Over a year ago

@brendan: the under example is even much better as you can easy extend/implement it. Thazs how i did it with all my projects

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