So I'm using the jQuery File Upload plugin to stream videos on my site. I'm just having a bit of problems.
So I've created a database that stores some of the details of the video that is uploaded, example: size, random and unique id, description, and some other things.
Now, I want to create a page for each video that is uploaded. I can easily do this through a .php file that just grabs the file location, and so on. However, how can I make it so that when users try to access a specific video they can type in something like this in the url
mysite.com/video/random_video_id
Then grab the random_video_id from the URL and use it in my PHP script to display necessary content on the page.
I just want to know how I can make custom urls like mysite.com/video/random_video_id that will trigger the php script that will generate the content of the page.
you need to use .htaccess for making the pretty url you want use...
if you make a url mysite.com/index.php?action=video&id=random_video_id ... I assume you know how you use $_GET and basic PHP, so I wouldn't go into the coding of the script which retrieves the videoes...
I use this site to make my .htaccess files - http://searchfriendlyurls.com/
And then you just write your domain in the first input (Domain Name) and in the second (ugly url) you write "index.php?action=&id=" and in the last (pretty url) you write "/"
Hope this helps you ...
And if you want to learn more about .htacces look here