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Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site.

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On 6/20/2013 3:38 PM, Marc van Lieshout wrote:
> On 20-06-13 21:29, Marc van Lieshout wrote:
>> On 20-06-13 19:22, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>> What I would like to do, is the following.
>>>
>>> ALL request to a site are redirected by apache rules to one single file.
>>> Let's call it index.php.
>>> Index.php notes the URL the user wants and looks it up in a database,
>>> and if it exists, includes()  the actual PHP file for that page.
>>> If it doesn't exist, a standard 'sorry, you are looking for a page that
>>> doesn't exist' is returned, if possible with the correct error code in
>>> the headers?
>>> The php files themselves apart from index.php do NOT live under the web
>>> root. They might in fact live in the database. But that's stage 2.
>>>
>>> Is this possible, and if so what if any are the downsides?
>>>
>>> It seems to me that a user or robot level scrape of the site would not
>>> show anything of its true internal structure. But still show all the
>>> paths through it.
>>>
>>> What I want to do is have stuff like
>>>
>>> http:/mysite.com/news/Dog-Bites-Man
>>>
>>> redirect to say
>>>
>>> /var/private/newspage.php?id=3041
>>>
>>> where there exists a mysql table with a name value pair of
>>>
>>> news/Dog-Bites-Man: /var/private/newspage.php?id=3041
>>> or
>>> menu/Contact-the-webmaster: /var/private/contact.php?target=webmaster
>>>
>>> and so on.
>>>
>>> And possible a field for keywords to search the site with.
>>>
>>
>> That looks indeed like a small framework. Some remarks:
>>
>> 1. You don't need apache rewriting you can use $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] and
>> use url's like:
>>
>> http:/mysite.com/index.php/news/Dog-Bites-Man
>>
>> or a page controller:
>>
>> http:/mysite.com/index.php?site=%2Fnews%2FDog-Bites-Man
>>
>>
>> 2. For the sake of security, put the part that accesses the DB outside
>> of index.php. It contains an uid and a password.
>>
>>
>> The scheme will be like this:
>>
>> in index.php:
>> include "/path/ouside/webroot/dispatcher.php"
>>
>> in dispatcher.php:
>> $conn = new PDO(....);
>> $stmnt = $conn->prepare(
>>     'SELECT target from dispatch WHERE source = :src');
>> $stmnt->execute(':src' => $_SERVER['PATH_INFO']);
>> $row = $stmnt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
>>
>> if ($row === false)
>>     // dispatch to 404
>>     ;
>> else
>>     include('/path/outside/webroot/' . $row['target']);
>>
>>
>> That's all.
>>
>
> A simple addition:
>
> You can get rid of the boring <html><head></head> ... stuff by changing
> the above setup like:
>
> ob_start();
> if ($row === false)
>     // dispatch to 404
>     ;
> else
>     include('/path/outside/webroot/' . $row['target']);
> $contents = ob_get_clean();
> include "mytemplate.php"
>
>
> Where mytemplate can put an <?php echo $contents; ?> in the right place.
> All major frameworks use this trick.
>

What is the need for the ob_start()?  Unless you have a very good reason 
for needing it, using it is poor programming.

For instance, if you're just using it to bypass the "Headers already 
sent" message, you have a problem in your design.

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Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 18:22 +0100
  Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 13:48 -0400
  Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2013-06-20 10:48 -0700
    Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 19:18 +0100
  Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Stefan+Usenet@Froehlich.Priv.at (Stefan Froehlich) - 2013-06-20 18:23 +0000
    Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 20:06 +0100
  Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Marc van Lieshout <invalid@example.com> - 2013-06-20 21:29 +0200
    Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Marc van Lieshout <invalid@example.com> - 2013-06-20 21:38 +0200
      Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 16:13 -0400
        Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Marc van Lieshout <invalid@example.com> - 2013-06-21 00:33 +0200
          Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-21 00:50 +0200
            Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 07:45 +0100
              Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2013-06-21 10:08 +0100
                Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 11:21 +0100
                Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-07-15 01:15 +0200
          Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 19:35 -0400
    Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-20 21:44 +0200
    Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-20 22:38 +0100
      Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-06-21 00:34 +0200
        Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-06-20 19:37 -0400
      Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. Marc van Lieshout <invalid@example.com> - 2013-06-21 00:51 +0200
        Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2013-06-21 07:54 +0100
  Re: Using a single php entry file for a whole site. "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2013-06-20 14:54 -0500

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