Started learning php this week and had many doubts, but this is one of them which i couldn't find solution(Maybe i didn't know the right keyword to search for).
Is it possible to read variables in URL as a function inside a php file, for example :
http://mywebsite.com/demo_app/phone_api/login/harsha/harshapass
Here demo_app is the folder, phone_api is the php file, and i want to invoke the function login, where harsha and harshapass is the paramaters to that function.
You'll need 2 things for this.
The first is mod_rewrite
, this is an apache module. With this module you can rewrite the URL like you want, so that /demo_app/phone_api/ will redirect to your php file.
I advice that you read a tutorial somewhere about this, for example here.
Second thing is that you need to parse the URL.
With $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
you get the URL. With explode and/or preg_match you can parse this string into the parts you want (function, parameters, whatever).
If you have a more specific question about this, you can ask this here (in a new topic).
Good luck!
Did you consider sending the values as $_GET
variables and retrieving them in the page like so:
http://mywebsite.com/demo_app/phone_api?login=login&harsha=harsha&harshapass=harshapass
so you can get the values in the phone_api.php page like:
$login = $_GET['login'];
$harsha = $_GET['harsha'];
$harshapass = $_GET['harshapass'];
$login($harsha, $harshapass){
//your function code.
}
Maybe it'll be easier this way.