Create a Catch-All PHP File - How?

[Codoc]

Is is possible to create a PHP file in my site's root folder that catches all requests to URLs that don't match other files or subfolders?

I want to use this technique to implement MVC in my project. Instead of specifying which module and method to call in the query string, I want request to be sent to my catch-all file.

Example: If someone requested "http://www.exampledom/foo/bar" it would be handled by my PHP catch-all script that would split out the "foo" and "bar" and, from my code conventions and design, know what to do to respond.

Thanks for the help,
Stephen Martindale

[The Mog]

I am not 100% sure but i think its something to do with a .htaccess file and mod rewrite


Do a google on this and you should find the answer

[jreider]

you can break the address up into an array using

//GET FOLDER PATH NAME
$path = explode('/',$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

depending on how many sub-folders you have, you can adjust accordingly

for example, if you ran a print_r($path) on the above, and you put the above in a script called

http://www.example.com/foo/bar/path.php

you would get

Array([0]=>[1]=>foo[2]=>bar[3]=>path.php)

[Codoc]

Thanks jreider, you solved the second part of my problem.

Which PHP file would I put this line into?

[Codoc]

Thanks for the tip, Mog. I Googled for ".htaccess file and mod rewrite" and found exactly what I need. Basically, it tells me that I can enable URL rewriting AFTER I have finished coding without it, without having to change my working design.

This is not a problem until then, then. Thanks

[rossriley]

Here's the mod_rewrite.....

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond $1 !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?path=$1 [QSA,L]

That will redirect all requests not on the filesystem to index.php with the GET variable path containing the rest of the url.

[basbd]

You could also simply set your catch all script as your error document:

ErrorDocument 404 catch-all.php

and then use jreider advice for gathering the requested url