Posted by Jordi Canals on 04/09/05 23:21

What I do to control it only by PHP without using the mod_rewrite for
apache is to use URL with this format:

http://sample.com/script.php/param1/param2/param3

Then, work in the script looking at the variable
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] wich will contain, in this sample:
/script.php/param1/param2/param3

You can explode the uri in an array:

$params = explode('/', substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 1);
I used the substr dunction to remove the first slash.

On the resulting array you will have, by index

[0] = script.php
[1] = param1
[2] = param2
[3] = param3

This works with Apache. I've not tested it on IIS, but suspect that it
will not work on ISS.

Hope this helps you.
Jordi.

On Apr 8, 2005 4:11 PM, Brad Brevet <bradbrevet@ropeofsilicon.com> wrote:
> Hi, I am curious how to pass a variable without using something like id=321.
>
> I have seen sites that have something like
> http://www.website.com/something/321 and the variable is passed how exactly
> is that done? And is it called something specific so I know how to refer to
> it in the future?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brad
>
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