----- Original Message ---- > From: Ashley Sheridan <a...@ashleysheridan.co.uk> > To: Gaurav Kumar <kumargauravjuke...@gmail.com> > Cc: Andrea Giammarchi <an_...@hotmail.com>; php-general@lists.php.net > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:55:20 AM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Best Practice to Create Dynamic URL's- With Username > > On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 15:20 +0530, Gaurav Kumar wrote: > > I totally agree with this architecture. > > > > You are correct, I am just in the starting phase of the project and in > > fact still need to define the architecture in detail. > > > > Now the question I asked in my last reply is still to be answered? > > > > Gaurav Kumar > > OSWebstudio.Com > > > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Andrea Giammarchi > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Question I was Asked by Andrea- "mod_reqrite or .htaccess is > > the answer, but > > > I wonder why you choose /user/username rather than > > just /username a la > > > twitter." > > > > > > I will be using many other aspects of my users something > > like > > > "/projects/username/"; "/gallery/username/". > > > > > > well, it does not matter if this service is user based. > > > > /username/ #as user home page > > /username/projects/ #as user projects > > /username/gallery/ #as user gallery > > /username/etc ... > > > > it's just a silly point but from user home page you isntantly > > know if user exists and you instantly know subsections > > > > In your way you assume that there is a gallery for that user > > while he could have created only projects, without galleries. > > So one search failed, while to go in the user page I need to > > digit /user/ before, not a big deal but we are in tinyurl and > > bit.ly era > > > > Google Code put simply a /p/ as prefix plus the project name > > plus subsection > > > > /p/myprojname/ > > /p/myprojname/wiki > > > > since you are starting now, maybe you could consider this > > semantic alternative, if it suits your requirements. > > > > Regards > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ash > > > > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > check out the rest of the Windows Live™. More than mail– > > Windows Live™ goes way beyond your inbox. More than messages > > > For help with the mod_rewrite, a Google search never goes amiss, first > result I found for 'mod_rewrite example' is > http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite . I looked > at it quickly and it does cover what you need. > > As for what you get as $_GET parameters, that's entirely up to you, and > as you will see from the above link, it's fairly simple to mess about > with. > > > Thanks, > Ash > http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > >
Ash, What's the IP that the link you gave resolve to? I'm getting timed out for the DNS lookup on my end ... Thanks, Tommy > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
