Re: [PHP] Variables via url

2012-05-12 Thread Ashley Sheridan 
On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 01:57 +1000, Tom Rogers wrote:

 Hello Ashley,
 
 Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9:15:23 AM, you wrote:
 
 
   Can someone point me at examples or directions on how I can pass a
  variable via a URL in the following way:
 
   http://server.domain.com//script///variable/
 
   I will only be passing one single /variable/.  And I want the 
  /script/ to use that.
 
   I don't want to see what the script is, for example I don't want it
  to say 'script.php' or 'script.html' ...
 
   Is this possible through PHP only, or do I have to write a rewrite
  directive in Apache to accomplish this?
 
 You can add this to apache conf:
 
 FilesMatch ^phpscript$
 ForceType application/x-httpd-php
 /FilesMatch
 
 Then make a file called phpscript without extension and drop it in the
 web root.
 
 ?php
 $info = explode('/', $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);
 
 Then your url would look like:
 
 http://server.domain.com/phpscript/variable1/variable2
 
 
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 Best regards,
  Tom
 
 


As this method requires an Apache restart, I don't see what advantage
you have over using an .htaccess file?
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Thanks,
Ash
http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk

Re: [PHP] Variables via url

2012-05-12 Thread Adam Richardson 
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Ashley Sheridan
a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk wrote:
 As this method requires an Apache restart, I don't see what advantage
 you have over using an .htaccess file?

Performance:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html

You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access
to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down
your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a
.htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the
same effect with better performance.

...putting this configuration in your server configuration file will
result in less of a performance hit, as the configuration is loaded
once when httpd starts, rather than every time a file is requested.

Adam

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