Comments on: Url Routing with PHP – Part Three

By: Tai Sheppard

Tai Sheppard — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:04:31 +0000

This is exactly what I was looking for. I needed a dispatcher class that would pass url cruft as variable intact to the methods in the class.

One thing that isn't correct though is that you need to test the class for the called method and then adjust the command parameters so that dispatcher doesn't mistake a parameter for the method.

This way you can call the default method with parameters which you can't do with the script as you have it posted here.

If you call /test/param1/param2/param3 for instance, the dispatcher will use param1 as your method. Simply test the controller for the method using method_exists() and if it fails, array_unshift() to add param1 to your existing parameters.

Otherwise … KILLER job Doug, thanks a bunch.

Tai

By: sike

sike — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:56:37 +0000

Thank you very much for these articles and I do hope you continue the series -I have found them very useful

By: Doug Hill

Doug Hill — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:05:24 +0000

The & sign denotes a pass by reference variable.

Doug

By: B@stian

B@stian — Wed, 25 May 2011 08:16:23 +0000

Hi,
I am wondering what the '&' before $command means?
for example you are using it here:
function Axial_CommandDispatcher(&$command)
and function Axial_Controller(&$command)

Could you please explain it ?

Thanks

By: vulo

vulo — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:50:43 +0000

Hi, I have problem with the url router, as it reload 2 3 times before to load the page, of course it is too fast for a normal use to see it, but I include mail sending of every execution of the url-array.
So

I receive that these values are loaded into the url array before the actual data from the URL is loaded

AC_RunActiveContent.js
Scripts
robots.txt
/not the same every time/

and then
the actual URL parameter – 'event' or 'contacts'
I am using some session messages, that's how i find this "bug".

question:
Has anyone have ides, why this is happening.
Thanks in advance
Vulo

By: zsolt sandor

zsolt sandor — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:49:44 +0000

a nice tutorial, ad the first url router witch works on all servers / a least on those teht i tried /

question:
should be the exampleutils.php the model?

By: Handy

Handy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:33:16 +0000

Thank you for the tutorial. Zend framework provides also a very good frontcontroller. So it might be a help to understand the functionality and build own frontcontroller.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:15:55 +0000

Hi Doug, nice tutorial btw, really clarified MVC for me. I've been using on open source MVC framework and I'm looking to build my own now Anyway one thing that did demystify me in your tutorial is models – where are they? Could you illustrated within your sample code how you could implement one?

Cheers

By: Doug Hill

Doug Hill — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:11:40 +0000

John if you look at the Axial_UrlInterpreter class you will see that you can modify how the url is transformed into a command object. Instead of the way I did it you could make it handle the parameters as key => value pairs… or any other way you want. If i get a little time this week i'll write a new article that covers this.

The urls in the blog come from wordpress not my doing!

Doug

By: John

John — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:50:54 +0000

Thank you Doug. It would be great if we could get/post/request parameter value by calling its name.
ie

echo"$params[id]";

http://localhost/mvc/test/dostuff/id/23/page/3/sort/true

echo"$params[id],$params[page],$params[sort]";

so, it will prints 23,3,true

How did you managed to get url like this http://www.phpaddiction.com/tags/php/url-routing-with-php-part-three/

Did you use MVC method or it is done using .htaccess ?

Regards