PHP passing parameters via URL

You should use .htaccess

Here’s an example:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([0-9-_]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/?$ index.php?var1=$1&var2=$2 [NC,L]

This basically means that if the URL is formatted according to the regular expressions above (number – slash – alphanumeric,dashes or underscores) than the content should be displayed from index.php while passing the file two parameters called var1 and var2, var1 having the value of the number and the second having the value of what’s after the first slash.

Example:

mysite.com/20/this_is_a_new_article/

Would actually mean

mysite.com?var1=20&var2=this_is_a_new_article

Of course, in your index.php file you can simply take the values using

$var1 = $_GET['var1'];
$var2 = $_GET['var2'];

Cheers!

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