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Question

Consider that I am requesting this url for a JSON api response.

// url that user will type in the browser address bar   
example.com/api/user/0001

I have 2 Options:


Option A

The redirection will be like this. But The address in the browser will be the same like before.

example.com?get1=api&get2=user&get3=0001

The ?get1=xxxxxx and &get2=xxxxxx and is IMPORTANT. if there is more slashes (/) in the url it will add more GET request like this&get4=xxxxx &get5=xxxxx and so on.

Then I will get the exact information form the $_GET['reques'] method like this!

$var_request = $_GET['get1'];
$var_type    = $_GET['get2'];
$var_id      = $_GET['get3'];

Option B

The redirection will be like this. But The address in the browser will be the same like before.

example.com?request=api/user/0001

Then I will get the exact information by exploding the api/user/0001 like this

// Geting request by $_GET
$request = $_GET['request'];

// Exploding by the (/)
$api = explode("/", $request);

// Getting my desired information
$var_request = $api[0];
$var_type    = $api[1];
$var_id      = $api[2];

Remember: The URL will be same as before. It should not look like ?get= this. The url should be still example.com/api/user/0001 in the browser url bar.

Answer 1

I think Option B will be easier to do this. Possible solution is-

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule (.+)$ ?request=$1 [L]

It redirects - example.com/api/user/0001 to example.com?request=api/user/0001 Without changing the address in the url bar in you browser.