Hide query strings? [.htaccess or what?]

[H-O-V]

OK... my dad uses FrontPage to create html pages

So previously to make a page there would be a php page called whatever.php and a html body called whateverbody.html and the php would simple 'include' the body as well as head.php and foot.php. This system worked but took time, so now I made dynamic urls

so www.domain.com/page.php?content=whatever

^that would load whateverbody.php with the head and body

The problem is this is not very memorable and the php files have got a lot of backlinks so it there a way of masking/redirecting any php page that is typed like pageone.php (not actually a physical file) and get it to redirect / mask to

www.domain.com/page.php?content=pageone

there will need to be some exeptions and there are some static urls that exist and with this rule they would not be able to be reached (:p i think)

Thanks guys,

Mutasim

EDIT: a mate of mine suggests something called mod_rewrite :S

 

[Barrucadu]

What you need to do is make a file called .htaccess, then use this code:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([.*]+).php$ whatever.php?content=$1 [L]

That should work

 

[H-O-V]

ok.... erm.. that doesn't seem to work :S

http://www.antibodypatterns.com/page.php?content=amphiphysin

http://www.antibodypatterns.com/amphiphysin.php <-- doesn't work...

help :P

(btw: i did change whatever to page.php)

 

[Barrucadu]

Your server seems to be down, can you get on it?

 

[H-O-V]

hey please try now...

 

[Barrucadu]

try this:

RewriteEngine on 
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([*]+).php$ whatever.php?content=$1 [L]

Btw, please dont PM me every time you reply, just because I posted in here dosn't mean I HAVE to keep helping you until its all working.

 

[H-O-V]

Btw, please dont PM me every time you reply, just because I posted in here dosn't mean I HAVE to keep helping you until its all working.

sorry its just the urgency was getting to me (I will add rep when I'm sorted )

still doesn't work

just to clear things up...

i need

http://www.antibodypatterns.com/amphiphysin.php to mask for http://www.antibodypatterns.com/page.php?content=amphiphysin using htaccess

 

[lfhost]

Before you try the below, you did change whatever.php in the code to page.php right?

or try

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*).php$ page.php?content=$1 [L]

 

[H-O-V]

lfhost your code is bring content as 'page'

but its closest so far :P

so it is including pagebody.php

 

[lfhost]

before you even try mod rewrite, try and fix your coding

http://www.antibodypatterns.com/page.php?content=amphiphysin
shows

Warning: main(pagebody.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/abid/public_html/page.php on line 22

Warning: main(pagebody.html) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/abid/public_html/page.php on line 22

Warning: main() [function.include]: Failed opening 'pagebody.html' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/abid/public_html/page.php on line 22

 

[H-O-V]

that is something yo do with your htaccess...

when i remove it it all goes back to square 1

 

[Peter]

You should stop the errors from displaying. Also in your code have you stopped someone choosing what page they visit? ie do you sanitize the $content variable? If you do not using that method to choose the html output could cause 'other' output of my choosing to be displayed with a little trial and error, this includes things like config files, password files etc.

 

[jerometan]

Warning : This is highly insecure code.

Please at least check to make sure the file requested is in the same directory!

 

[H-O-V]

the include is it the same directory

 

[H-O-V]

thanks anyway guys....

i got the answer off DigitalPoint