[wp-hackers] Any alternative to $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] for SEO friendly URLs?..

[dave jaggy]

Never thought about that. Gotta try it. Thank you.

On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:49 AM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
> I dont quite get your problem exactly.
>
> $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] will contain the page URI when its using pretty
> permalinks, And the http path when not
> $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] will contain the page's Query args when not using
> permalinks
> $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] will contain a unique URL
> for every page on every WP install, Is that not what you asked for?
>
> Alternativly, You could use get_permalink() to get the current page/posts/
> URI, allthough that might only work later than you're expecting, If all else
> fails, you'll need to look at $GLOBALS['wp_query']->query_vars
>
> 2008/12/27 dave jaggy <jayarjo at gmail.com>
>
>> I also want it to be independent of the permalink structure. I mean I
>> want the plugin to work despite of what structure (nice or not nice)
>> is selected by user. I think there's just has to be some translation
>> method between URIs... I know $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] should work, but
>> id will be some kind of semi-workable, I mean it will work only on
>> usual URIs or only on nice ones. That's my main problem.
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 11:34 AM, DD32 <wordpress at dd32.id.au> wrote:
>> > It depends on where you're hooking in.
>> >
>> > the wp_query vars are not loaded straight up, But if you're running on a
>> > hook of some sort, something like this would work:
>> >
>> >
>> > add_action('template_redirect', 'fff');
>> > function fff() {
>> >    $ident = md5(serialize($GLOBALS['wp_query']->query_vars));
>> > }
>> > Alternatively, You could base it off $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] which once
>> WP
>> > has started loading, should contain the current permalink structure (ie.
>> > /posts/1234/blahblah-blah/) Concat that with $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] and
>> > you'll have something that'll definately be unique:
>> >
>> > $ident = md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])
>> >
>> > 2008/12/27 dave jaggy <jayarjo at gmail.com>
>> >
>> >> Thank you for your responses.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not yet acquainted with wp_query syntax. Is there some good
>> >> resource around, for me to have a look before I plunge into API
>> >> directly?
>> >>
>> >> I just need some unique identifier for every page in wordpress, no
>> >> matter will it be a post, page, category, tag or any other one
>> >> possible.
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for your time again.
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Just curious, what exact value are you looking for from
>> >> > $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']?
>> >> > Or more importantly, can you post the code that you are using that
>> >> queries
>> >> > $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] and explain in comments what values you are
>> >> looking
>> >> > for any why you need them?  If so, we might be able to give you
>> another
>> >> way
>> >> > to do what you need to do.
>> >> > -Mike
>> >> > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 8:23 AM, dave jaggy <jayarjo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> I'm writing plugin, which heavily depends on the current url. It's ok
>> >> >> when everything is set to default and I got usual query_string uri's.
>> >> >> But when I switch on SEO friendly urls, my plugin stops working. Or
>> in
>> >> >> other words $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] on which I base my switch()
>> >> >> syntax becomes empty. Is there any alternative for SEO friendly urls?
>> >> >> Maybe components of the permalink got dumped in some structure
>> >> >> somewhere in WP's global space? Or something else?..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Dave
>>
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