Changing URL with query string

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I have been looking and looking around on the web for an answer for my question. But everything is just not the right thing.

So my issue is:

I'm creating my own CMS, and right now I've got the issue with the urls. They aren't really that SEO friendly.

When I create a new page, it gets the URL: index.php?page=(id). That doesn't tell much. So what I would love to create.

Is that I wan't the URL to be something like: www.myurl.com/home instead of the page=id. Is this possible?

I have to mention, that I need the id number later on, for editing the pages. I'm focusing the GET function to be able to edit my pages, and to show 'em one by one.

Thanks. :o)

Probably this is of use to you: When Flat PHP meets Symfony, it shows how that can be done. — hakre
– hakre, Commented Jun 18, 2011 at 12:50
I would just throw the id the url with home with a URL such as myurl.com/9/home. Google won't really care about the 9 in there, but it will like the home. We did this for www.obitsforlife.com and it worked great. — Zoidberg
– Zoidberg, Commented Jun 18, 2011 at 12:51

ju5tu5 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-18 13:15:26Z

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Try to set your .htaccess file to the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*).html$ index.php?page=$1 [L,NS]

this way you can translate what visitors see as yourdomain.com/home.html to what php reads as yourdomain.com/index.php?page=home afterwards you can of course use a translating array containing your id's

$translationArray("home"=>1, "contact"=>2);
$id = $translationArray[ $_GET['page'] ]; // $id now contains 1

edited Jun 18, 2011 at 13:15

answered Jun 18, 2011 at 12:52

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skolind Over a year ago

I dont want to change from .html to index.php?page=home .. I just want to change from: index.php?page=(id) to /home..

ju5tu5 Over a year ago

so if i understand correctly you want to rewrite yourdomain.com/home to yourdomain.com/index.php?page=1

skolind Over a year ago

The other way around. is my english that bad? lol ;o) This is how it looks now: myurl.com/index.php?page=1 and I want it to be: myurl.com/1/home for example. Like Zoidberg wrote.

ju5tu5 Over a year ago

Yes of course. But what you want .htaccess to do is exactly the other way around, it has to read /home and translate to the id stuff.. This way your visitors can just type /home, but your system will read this as index.php?page=1.. In my example the only difference is the .html after the /home.. leave it out the example and it should work. This: workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite should help!

skolind Over a year ago

I will be back, telling if this was it. It looks like the URL you posted, is the thing. But right now, I'm having troubles connecting to FileZilla o.O

Halcyon · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-18 12:52:04Z

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What you're looking for is called Semantic URLs. Other keywords that will aid you: .htaccess, mod_rewrite

A full solution is too complicated to expand upon here but the underlying idea is fairly simple.

answered Jun 18, 2011 at 12:52

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skolind Over a year ago

I've made a search on Google and got: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_URL is this what I am looking for? :o)

Halcyon Over a year ago

Yes. Wikipedia doesn't give you a practical solution though, but that is gist of it.

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