On 04 September 2003 11:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've been building web sites that use a database backend for
> some time
> now.
> I typically use the format.
> http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=contact
> http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=home
> http://www.mysite.com/index.php?page=aboutus
> etc....
>
> My most recent job wants to use differnt pages, so the search engines
> will pick up the url's as clearly defined, and not dynamic, as I
> normally do...
> Is there a way I can still admin the pages, and allow my client to
> add/delete pages, but use static links , without '?page=home' etc...
>
> I hope I've made sence...
> I've discused this with my client, and he said a friend of
> his claimed
> 'that webserver software should have a module or plugin that
> will do this'
> I've never heard of that, have I been living under a rock?
Not even a module (well, except for php!) or plugin. If you're using Apache as your
Web server with mod_php, anything looking like path information following the script
name is passed to your script in $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']. Take a look at, for example:
http://www.lmu.ac.uk:8082/lco/php/support.php/visitors/welcome
Note the position of support.php in that URL -- this URL is processed by running
support.php with $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] set to '/visitors/welcome', which the script
decodes to decide what it actually needs to display.
There's nothing particularly special in my httpd.conf file to make this work -- the
relevant section is simply:
<Directory "****/lco/php/">
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
Order allow,deny
</Directory>
As a refinement, if you don't want people to see the .php on the script name, so that
the URL could be (say):
http://www.lmu.ac.uk:8082/lco/php/support/visitors/welcome
you can tweak this to:
<Directory "****/lco/php/">
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
DefaultType application/x-httpd-php # or ForceType if you prefer
</Directory>
Then you either need a relevant AliasMatch or Rewrite so the above still gets to call
support.php, or you simply upload all your scripts to the server with their bare name
to match.
I believe IIS is capable of passing PATH_INFO information, too, if you set it up
right, but as I don't use it I can't be sure (or tell you how it might work!).
Cheers!
Mike
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