Call PHP Function based on URI

Hello all.

I am looking to create a simple php script that based on the URI, it will call a certain function.

Instead of having a bunch of if statements, I would like to be able to visit:

/dev/view/posts/

and it would call a 'posts' function I have created in the PHP script.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

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• Are you using a framework? they do this sort of thing for you.

  you need to use mod_rewrite in apache to do this.

  Basically you take /dev/view/posts and rewrite it to /dev/view.php?page=posts

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteRule ^/dev/view/posts/(.*)$ /dev/view?page=$1
  

  in view.php

  switch($_REQUEST['page'])
  {
   case 'posts':
    // call posts
    echo posts();
    break;
  }
  

  EDIT made this call whatever function is called "page"

  You probably want to use a framework to do this because there are security implications. but very simply you can do this:

  if (array_key_exists('page',$_REQUEST))
  {
   $f = $_REQUEST['page'];
   if (is_callable($f))
   {
    call_user_func($f);
   }
  }
  

  Note there are MUCH better ways of doing this! You should be using a framework!!!

  Byron Whitlock : You need whats called a front controller that will map this for you. WHat framework are you using?

  Gumbo : You don’t need to escape the `/` characters.

  stereointeractive.com : sort of relevant, http://twitto.org/ is a great example of taking this to the next level, perhaps a little too far! rather than using a switch statement it checks to see if your controller file has a method matching the parameter value. not secure, but it makes a point.
  From Byron Whitlock

• What you are looking for is a form of URL rewriting on your web server. For instance, if you are using Apache you should lookup mod_rewrite. An example of what your rule might look like:

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteRule ^/dev/view/posts/(.*)$ /posts.php?id=$1
  

  But I'm assuming that you are wanting to have a trailing post ID or similar so that you can use this for multiple posts URLs.

  From conceptDawg

• Take a look at the call_user_func function documentation.

  $functions['/dev/view/posts']    = 'function_a';
  $functions['/dev/view/comments'] = 'function_b';
  $functions['/dev/view/notes']    = 'function_c';
  
  $uri = '/dev/view/comments';
  
  call_user_func($functions[$uri]);
  

  From Sean Bright