Need php help

[iNeb]

I bought www.miraserver.com (The software, not the domain)

And he has a URL rewrite hack here:

http://miraserver.com/article.php?cat=support&id=1

Now the article works fine ( http://www.nerdnations.com/article/17 )

But not the topic's

At the header i have this

Quote:

<?php

// All this is optional URL re-writing code. Takes a certain type of Apache configuration to make use of it.
$url_array=explode("/",$REQUEST_URI); //BREAK UP THE URL PATH USING '/' as delimiter
$topic=$url_array[2]; //Category

include ('config.php');

?>

But it is not working

How can i fix this?

[gothic]

Depending on your PHP config, you may need to change the line to say:

$url_array=explode("/", $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]);

[shotokan]

was gonna say ythe smae thing but with pretty colors, and then i accidentally hit submit.

[iNeb]

This is my header for article

PHP Code:

// All this is optional URL re-writing code. Takes a certain type of Apache configuration to make use of it.
$url_array=explode("/",$REQUEST_URI);  //BREAK UP THE URL PATH USING '/' as delimiter
$id=$url_array[2];  //Article ID #
$p=$url_array[3];  //Page # 


[shotokan]

Im not the greatest with PHP so correct me if I am wrong but is it supposed to be URI or URL?

[gothic]

It's URI... No worries.. =]


The reason $REQUEST_URI might not be working is in newer versions of PHP, they turn off 'register_globals' which means you now have to call the variables from the proper namespaces. Eg: $_GET, $_POST, $_COOKIE, $_SERVER, etc..

$REQUEST_URI is a $_SERVER variable, so you word it like so:

$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]

[iNeb]

But one works for articles, but not for the topic?

[gothic]

Quote:

Originally posted by iNeb
But one works for articles, but not for the topic?

Oh, my bad. I'm an idiot, and didn't see you mention that it works for the articles..

Well, if that's the case, I'd echo $REQUEST_URI and see what's in it.. Make sure there is even enough "/"'s to explode and create 3 array elements.

[iNeb]

Huh? I only understand echo..

[gothic]

Quote:

Originally posted by iNeb
Huh? I only understand echo..

In the part of the script that's not working just tag this on:

echo "\nRequest URI: $REQUEST_URI\n";

Put that right after the:
$topic=$url_array[2]; //Category

That should do it. See if anything shows up after 'Request URI'...

If so, just copy/paste it into a reply, and we'll have a look at it.