PHP - how to set up URL after sending form?

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I have a website (www.website.com) and on the homepage is a form, where the user set up a city. After sending the form, I am trying to have the following URL address:

www.website.com/city-name

But I am lost a bit here, because I am not sure, how to set up the form (GET or POST is better for this need?), and .htaccess.

Could anyone help with this? Thank you

Do you need this URL to request this page direct over the URL? — René Höhle
– René Höhle, Commented Jan 5, 2013 at 16:53
Yes, I do. When someone set up http://www.website.com/city-name, I would like the accessible content there. — user1946705
– user1946705, Commented Jan 5, 2013 at 16:56

intelis · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05 16:51:09Z

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After the form is submitted you could redirect your users via PHP redirect, or am i missing something?

header('Location: http://www.website.com/city-name');

But be careful, this can only be used before you send any output!

PHP: header()

answered Jan 5, 2013 at 16:51

intelis

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user1946705 Over a year ago

But for doing this, I need to also have set up the .htaccess, or not? Because without that, I would get just 404 error. But how to correctly set up .htaccess for this?

intelis Over a year ago

you dont have to set up .htaccess for this, unless you have any weird rewrites set in it. maybe you could add your .htaccess contents?

dove · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-05 17:15:26Z

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You could let the submit button run a javascript function. In that javascript function, use

var cityName = document.getElementById("the textarea id").value

to get the value the user typed for the city name. Then redirect to the right page:

window.location='http://www.website.com/' + cityName

edited Jan 5, 2013 at 17:15

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answered Jan 5, 2013 at 16:54

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