PHP .php?id= Function

Most people that are new to php always ask me "how do you mask .php files with any tag you want, the most common w/e.php?id=122323"

basically all this script does is mask the other php files like news.php and will change it to index.php?id=news, so instead of having http://www.yourdomain.com/news.php you would have http:/www.yourdomain.com/index.php?id=news
http:/www.yourdomain.com/index.php?id=forums
http:/www.yourdomain.com/index.php?id=index
and so on and so fourth

well in this im going to show you how to do this :

First of all open up your favorite php coder or editor program "I recommend Dreamweaver, just cause its the best program ever"

Next make a new PHP file, click on the code area and type the following code

 
<?php
 
/* verify the validity of GET var page
if not set, do a default case */
if(isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['id']))
{
$p = $HTTP_GET_VARS['id'];
}
else
{
$p = 'index';
}
 
switch($p)
{
case 'index':
require('index.php.php');
break;
 
case 'news':
require('news.php');
break;
 
case 'what you want':
require('the file you want.php');
break;
 
default:
exit('Wrong parameter for file inclusion');
}
 
?>

with this code you can add it to any PHP script and it wil mask your urls to .php?id=whateverthefilenameis

use this code in any php file and when you go to put links in a menu like index.php and forums.php and news.php you dont need to do that now just type index.php?id=index or index.php?id=forums, so this makes it easy for viewers as well cause they wont have to remember all the page names just the id= tag :

to change it to say something else instead of ?id= do the following

 
if(isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['TYPE WHATEVRE YOU WANT HERE']))
{
$p = $HTTP_GET_VARS['TYPE THE EXACT SAME THING AS ABOVE'];

there pretty simple, eh?

[jaime]

[SIZE=2]a question, this is for hide the .php extension????[/SIZE]

No its to mask the /news.php /forums.php whtever.php/ and change it to just the index.php so it will respond to the command index.php?id=news or w/e

[windrider]

Very interesting. But search engine optimisation is what everyone is raving about these days, and I think it's better to leave the filenames wth the .php extension. I'm just guessing...

if you redirect the link on your menu to index.php?id= the search engine will read that and not crawl the forums.php menu.php files unless they are listed in your text or urls

[jaime]

the search engine only read index.php?id=myid?????? or only read index.php and the another pages not...

Originally Posted by xVizon

if you redirect the link on your menu to index.php?id= the search engine will read that and not crawl the forums.php menu.php files unless they are listed in your text or urls

Actually, yes, this is true. A search engine indexed every page on my site except for those that involved using a very similiar method (using include and name of the php file involved). However, I know there is a work around involving the .htaccess file that can allow you to have both Search Engine Optimization and this method.

A search engine doesnt crawl every page on your site if its not listed in a link navigation with href= or not listed on any text what so ever this search engine does not have permission to crawl your websites directory it, looks for works and quotes in texts like the page description and the menu links or affilate links if you have a page called news.php but that is not listed ANYWERE on your site the search engine crawler will not detect it but if index.php?id=news is listed thats what it will detect and only that

A helpful discussion.Thanks a lot.

haha no problem man.........!