Change title for dynamically created php pages

Question

I have just one index.php file that generates the other pages using:

RewriteRule ^page 1.php$ index.php?cat=a [NC]
RewriteRule ^page 2.php$ index.php?cat=b [NC]

I'm trying to use the following code to change the title of my pages but it's working just for index.php.

<?php
$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if(isset($page)) {
switch($page) {
case "/index.php":
$title = "this is homepage";
break;
case "/page 1.php":
$title = "products";
break;
case "/page 2.php":
$title = "services";
break;
}
}else{
$title = "default title";
}

print "<title>$title</title>";
?>

Did you echoed $page before? Perhaps the whitespace was replaced with %20. — Tobias Golbs
– Tobias Golbs, Commented Jul 30, 2013 at 11:04
PHP sees the rewritten URL, not the original. You need to test $_GET['cat']. — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Jul 30, 2013 at 11:04

Freelancer · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-01 08:02:22Z

1

verify the spaces I'm not sure they allowed in urls

Have a look to the documentation :

http://php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.server.php

try this :

<?php
$page = $_GET['cat'];
if(isset($page)) {
switch($page) {
case "index":
$title = "this is homepage";
break;
case "a":
$title = "products";
break;
case "b":
$title = "services";
break;
}
}else{
$title = "default title";
}

print "<title>$title</title>";
?>

edited Aug 1, 2013 at 8:02

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 11:06

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chitoiu daniel Over a year ago

my htaccess it's fine, I use "-"... it was just an example. The code for changing the title is not working for pages

chitoiu daniel Over a year ago

@OlivierSoulet now i use this, so it should take only the page i need but still is not working: $path=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; $page=basename($path); if(isset($page)) { switch($page)....

Freelancer Over a year ago

have you tried to display what is in $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ? Try a var_dump of this var

chitoiu daniel Over a year ago

@OlivierSoulet you mean "var_dump($_SERVER)" ? ... i get a lot of things like: ["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]=> string(33) "/home/dany/public_html/mysite.com" ... ["QUERY_STRING"]=> string(11) "cat=contact" ["REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING"]=> string(11) "cat=contact" ..... ["REDIRECT_URL"]=> string(12) "/contact.php" ....["REQUEST_URI"]=> string(12) "/contact.php" ["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]=> string(43) "/home/dany/public_html/mysite.com/index.php" ... ["PHP_SELF"]=> string(10) "/index.php" ["REQUEST_TIME"]=> int(1375259963) ["argv"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(11) "cat=contact" } ["argc"]=> int(1) } ?>

chitoiu daniel Over a year ago

@Freelancer you mean "var_dump($_SERVER)" ? ... i get a lot of things like: ["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]=> string(33) "/home/dany/public_html/mysite.com" ... ["QUERY_STRING"]=> string(11) "cat=contact" ["REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING"]=> string(11) "cat=contact" ..... ["REDIRECT_URL"]=> string(12) "/contact.php" ....["REQUEST_URI"]=> string(12) "/contact.php" ["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]=> string(43) "/home/dany/public_html/mysite.com/index.php" ... ["PHP_SELF"]=> string(10) "/index.php"

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user4035 · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-30 11:11:35Z

0

Use \s in you rewrite rule instead of space:

RewriteRule ^page\s1.php$ index.php?cat=a [NC]
RewriteRule ^page\s2.php$ index.php?cat=b [NC]

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 11:11

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