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I am going to be working on a api that use only using GET requests
i would like the parameters to be within the url statement rather than url parameters so
www.site.com/json/movie/en/US
rather than www.site.com/json/index.php?part=movie&language=en&country = US
My question is how do i get something like www.site.com/json/movie/en/US to actually run a script or php page. Im used to running say mypage.php and adding url parameters on to it. How can www.site.com/json/movie/en/US launch mypage.php then how do i grab the resources out of the url so i have vars such as $country set up with US using my script.
i would like the parameters to be within the url statement rather than url parameters so
www.site.com/json/movie/en/US
rather than www.site.com/json/index.php?part=movie&language=en&country = US
My question is how do i get something like www.site.com/json/movie/en/US to actually run a script or php page. Im used to running say mypage.php and adding url parameters on to it. How can www.site.com/json/movie/en/US launch mypage.php then how do i grab the resources out of the url so i have vars such as $country set up with US using my script.
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So do i have to write multiply mod rewrites because well i dont know if they are going to hit
www.site.com/json/movie/en/US or maybe
www.site.com/json/movie/es/CA , so if that was the case would i have to include a mod rewrite for every possibility?
www.site.com/json/movie/en/US or maybe
www.site.com/json/movie/es/CA , so if that was the case would i have to include a mod rewrite for every possibility?
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If you have a script, "/json.php", you can use a URL like "/json.php/movie/en/US". The trailing "/movie/en/US" part is just an argument. The trick, if you want to have that first part be "/json" (without ".php"), is to create a file called "json" in the same place that the "json.php" file would be, and add this to your .htaccess file:
Apache determines how a file should be parsed based on it's extension; since the file doesn't have an extension, you have to tell Apache how it should be parsed.
<files json>
ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</files>Apache determines how a file should be parsed based on it's extension; since the file doesn't have an extension, you have to tell Apache how it should be parsed.
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http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite
http://www.modrewrite.com/