[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12405: Query String based Permalinks

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#12405: Query String based Permalinks
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 Reporter:  mdawaffe     |       Owner:  ryan
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Permalinks   |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 I'd like to chime in with a big fat -1 on this ticket too. If you enable
 this kind of url, it might become extra tricky to toss in extra `$_GET`
 arguments into urls, and turn the whole thing into a wretched, bloody
 ocean of bugs.

 Picture the scenario:

 {{{
 example.com/?foo            # $_GET['foo'] = '' — easy enough
 example.com/?foo&foo=bar    # $_GET['foo'] = 'bar' — how do we get the WP
 url now?
 example.com/?foo&bar        # $_GET['foo'] = '', $_GET['bar'] = '' — which
 is the WP url?
 }}}

 Maybe, just *maybe*, the following would make more sense:

 {{{
 example.com/?u=foo          # u for url
 }}}

 But in that case, we might as well use `/index.php/foo` links, which
 already work…

 In the end, terrible, terrible idea. I predict a never ending avalanche of
 bugs and support requests ahead if we actually implement this.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12405#comment:9>
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