$_GET variable

[lore_lanu]

I'm trying to make a url for my site that looks like this:

index.php?mod=[mod]&act=[act]&subact=[subact]

I'm not sure how I can acieve this query string without using a form because I want the page to be autmaticallly generated.

Does anyone have any ideas or codes that will help me achieve this?

Thanks in Advance!

PS: Sorry if I'm being vague! If anyone needs clarification, just ask about it here.

[galen]

you dont need a form, just put that url in a link

[lore_lanu]

lets say I had the file:

/site/pages/add.php

how could I turn that into:

index.php?mod=site&act=pages&subact=add

Is this possible? Or do I have to use .htaccess?
lore_lanu

[galen]

in index.php you could use subact in the url to include specific pages

[lore_lanu]

I'm not sure what that really means...... could you give me an example?

[wonshikee]

Can you explain a bit more on what exactly you're trying to accomplish?

[lore_lanu]

Well, its for a site I'm making. I have different categories, (eg. cat1, cat2, cat3) each with different pages (eg. page1, page2, page3).

I wan the url of this site to have a query string at the end of it, stating the category (in this case "mod") and the page.

I was hoping to set this up with includes. Have the header, sidebar, and footer included on everypage, and the main content is the actual page (page1.php, page2.php, page3.php).

Hope this sheds some light on the situation! Please ask if you have any more questions.

[wonshikee]

And how do u know a particular file in a particular folder?

/site/pages/add.php

And where is this category/page relation mapped? In the db?

is it like:

/cat1/subcat/page.php ?

[lore_lanu]

That was just an idea I had. I was thinking maybe there was a code to take
the subfolders and insert them into them into the url.

site/pages/add.php = index.php?mod=site&act=pages&subact=add

I doubt, that is possible though... The trouble is, I'm sure there is a code out there does it, but I'm having trouble finding it.

Any ideas?

[marcelg]

It is possible.

Perhaps try something like:

• use substr() to remove the extension
• check for a leading slash and remove it if there is one
• use explode() by the / character
• write out the URL the way you want it used the exploded parts

[lore_lanu]

I'm relatively new to php. Could you show me what that would look like? I'm afraid I don't know how to use the explode function very well...

[galen]

im talking about something like this

url: index.php?page=cat1

$pages = array('cat1', 'cat2', 'cat3');
if (in_array($_GET['page'], $pages))
    include($_GET['page'] . '.php');