How To Make A Link That'll Link To A Profile Page

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Ipodman79, Nov 30, 2014.

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    I want to be able to create links to pages that will display information depending on the link value. I know you can do this using $_GET but I want the link to look something like, example.com/username and not example.com/profile.php?username=username.

    What is the best way to do this using PHP?

    Thanks,

    Cicisoft
     
    Ipodman79, Nov 30, 2014 IP
  2. PoPSiCLe

    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    You don't do this with PHP, you do this with .htaccess
     
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    if youre talking about the way they show in the address bar, they're right you have to convert it by htacess
    but if you want them displayed on a page for better looking links perse'
    then you can display them for display purpose as
    $website = "example.com/";
    $username = $_POST['username'];
    $display_URL = $website . $username;
    echo $display_URL

    but then for them to actually work you could put a graphic button like a small arrow --> after the displayed name (since the displayed name URL which wouldn't be a hyperlink)
    the arrow graphic itself would have the hyperlink as in <a href="<?php echo 'example.com/profile.php?' . $username; ?>"> <image src="arrow.jpg" border="0">

    then you would have a webpage display of example.com/username [arrow graphic] so the link still works.
     
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    Why in the WORLD would you do something as stupid as that? Why having a image-arrow be the link? Why not just have the actual "pretty" text be the visible indication of a link, and just, instead of that image-elemtn in the link, have the $display_URL echoed out in the link? Why make stuff more difficult than it has to be, besides, having an image be the only url is bad form and bad useability.
     
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