[wp-hackers] 2 Questions: $_REQUEST equivalent and using GET in mod_rewrite

[Alex Andrews]

Thanks very much, that is exactly what I am looking for.

Credit is going in the olde thanks file (to all but particularly to
D). I'd give you some free records if we weren't giving them away for
free already!

Alex

On 29/08/2007, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
> This seems to come up quite a bit, and its definately challenging for
> people when they first try to use it.
> I've recycled some of my own code into a test plugin that shows how to use
> the Rewrite engine a bit better:
>
> http://dd32.id.au/files/wordpress/test-rewrite.php
>
> By just uploading and activating it, it allows this: (without touching
> anything else in WP, no pages defined etc)
> http://dd32.id.au/artist/
> http://dd32.id.au/artist/Freddy/
> http://dd32.id.au/artist/a/
>
> Query vars are Escaped strings though, So this:
> http://dd32.id.au/artist/Oh'John/
> Results in this:
> Plugin for Artist: Oh\\\\\\\'John
> (Why there are so many slashes i'm not sure)
>
> while http://dd32.id.au/artist/Oh"John/
> Would be: Plugin for Artist: Oh\"John
>
> > How can I get /artists/x/ to translate to artists.php?id=x or whatever.
> By the sounds of it, you've developed the standalone app not quite how
> you'd write a WP plugin.
> My suggestion would be to modify the code i've linked to, and instead of
> die(), you'd do something like:
>
>
> add_action('template_redirect','test_template');
> function test_template($arg){
>      global $wp_query;
>      if( !isset($wp_query->query_vars['artist']) )
>          return $arg;
>      if( 'index' != $wp_query->query_vars['artist'])
>          $_REQUEST['id'] = $wp_query->query_vars['artist'];
>      require_once('artists.php');
>      die(); //We dont want WordPress to execute after the scripts run
> }
>
> Theres probably a better hook than template_redirect, but i find it works
> well, its right before any output is started so i find its a good place to
> cut in.
>
>
> I hope its of use to you and others.
>
> Cheers,
> D
>
>
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 03:01:28 +1000, Alex Andrews <awgandrews at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >> > More importantly, I want to use mod_rewrite to map onto this plugin. I
> >> > know Wordpress can do this, but I am not sure how. Here is the schema
> >> > I imagine, artists.php being replaced by the correct wordpress plugin
> >> > hookup (some suggestion here might be helpful two)
> >>
> >> One of my plugins uses the following:
> >>
> >> function myRewrite($rules)
> >>         { $rules['foo'] = 'index.php?pagename=foo'; return $rules; }
> >>
> >> add_filter('rewrite_rules_array', 'myRewrite');
> >>
> >> When the plugin is activated, you must visit
> >> wp-admin/options-permalinks.php (once is sufficient) to add your slug to
> >> WP's ruleset.
> >>
> >> Then, every request that calls /foo/* in this example, will be handled
> >> by the plugin. However, this solution also requires to have a page with
> >> the slug "foo". Maybe there's a better solution, but this one works for
> >> me.
> >
> > It appears that in the Codex there is a description. It seems the
> > latter example might suit my needs if adapted, but the problem is
> > still input. How can I get /artists/x/ to translate to
> > artists.php?id=x or whatever.
> >
> > http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/WP_Rewrite#Example
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Alex
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