PHP- to pass GET variable without .php extension?

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I have all internal links as a MVC scheme without .php extensions. Example: http://examplesiste.com/login will detect "login" using this algorithm:

$page = substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 1);

and load footer, header and detected "login.php" between. Though the final link will look like this: http://examplesidte.com/login (without .php)

How should I pass GET variables? with php extenstion it's quite obvious - http://examplesidte.com/login.php?id=abc666 but , of course http://examplesiste.com/login?id=abc666 won't work any suggestions?

so , basically, you mena- just to write it this way: examplesidte.com/login/abc666 ? I emean - yeah - that will do the trick! but - does it mean that GET variables are not posisble to pass at all? and - thanks, man! — Rossitten
– Rossitten, Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 5:10
I haven't done a lot of work with this in particular. In some instances I just setup a redirect to append any data in a query string, but in a case I was working for over the summer it was just a lot faster to parse the URI string. Since I'm not sure about what this will entail, it is hard to say. Any reason why you got rid of the .php? — Jhecht
– Jhecht, Commented Jan 17, 2015 at 5:15

Oleg Dubas · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-17 05:16:53Z

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There are many techniques to do it
But here's a quick and simple one you can use in your projects:

All you do — embed parameters into the URL itself, like: /login/id/36/

// first, exploding the URI, getting its parts
$uri = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);

// now we have [ '',  'login', 'id', 36' ]
$page = $uri[1]; // 'login' here

// now, finding the parameters
for($i=2; $i < count($uri)-2; $i+=2) $_GET[$uri[$i]] = $uri[$i+1]

print_r( $_GET );
// This will get you: [ 'id' => 36 ]

Viola! Use the resulting $_GET as you usually do!
You can embed as many parameters as you wish: /login/id/36/act/delete/

answered Jan 17, 2015 at 5:16

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Oleg Dubas Over a year ago

glad to help! I used this technique a lot in my early frameworks. Just make sure you escape the slash in text values of parameters, as they will break the chain :)

Jhecht Over a year ago

I usually add in a quick check to make sure that the exploded uri is even before I start looping through. Otherwise you may get some misassigned variables, which can get screwy.

Oleg Dubas Over a year ago

@Jhecht, he may perform this check, or may not. The script won't give any errors though. Better practice is to check all the parameters variables after this. I assume checking all parameters before performing any action is what we all do, right?

hamed · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-17 05:19:34Z

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I think you can hide .php extension in your project with .htaccess file. if you have a file with name ".htaccess" in your project root, just add these lines to it:

RewriteEngine On

#Unless directory, remove trailing slash
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ http://example.com/folder/$1 [R=301,L]

#Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(.+)\.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php$ http://example.com/folder/$1 [R=301,L]

#Resolve .php file for extensionless php urls
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ $1.php [L]

And if you have not httaccess file before, make a file with this name (".htaccess") and put it in the project root folder.

answered Jan 17, 2015 at 5:19

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Rossitten Over a year ago

thanks Hamed, but this is not what I was looking for. Thank you for the comment though

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