Ross wrote: > There is a site which has interesting behaviour. > > http://myurl.co.uk/index.php?p=latest > > when I click the links the variable and the end changes changing the page. > > http://myurl.co.uk/index.php?p=news > > Can someone tell me > > (i) how is this achived index.php ---> <?php if ($_GET['p'] === 'news') { include 'news.inc.php'; } else if ($_GET['p'] === 'latest') { include 'latest.inc.php'; } some how I doubt that this is the actual code they use. > (ii) what is the technique called search for terms like 'front controller', 'request dispatcher' > (iii) does it have any real benefits apprt from looking a bit nifty sometimes a modular cms (for example) can be extended and automatically generate useful URLs by using a URL scheme such as this. > > > Ross > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
