from request $ _GET to folder

Question

I have a website with a dynamic structure: for every $_GET['action'] I include a file with a different content, while the footer and the header always remain the same. example: www.mysite.com/index.php?action=service1 I would like to change this "structure" in a way: www.mysite.com/service1/ is there a way to include the $_GET['action'] request in every folder I create?

The site in question has over 100+ $_GET['action'] and creating a page for each action would become heavy .

any advice on how to do?

Yeah, my advice is to use a CMS like Wordpress or Joomla! This is a very solved problem. — GordonM, Feb 27 '18 at 15:16

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 27 '18 at 15:04

You can set up your .htaccess to pipe certain values to your $_GET variables.

Learn more here.

The basic idea is to add something like:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^service/(\d+).*$ ./myActionscript.php?id=$1 [L]

Then all requests you send to /service/{number} will go to your file myActionScript and you can do what you want with that {number} there by using string manipulation on the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to get it.

from request $ _GET to folder

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