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Can anyone suggest how to use OOP in PHP based on URL?

I am tired of making script based on pages and all. I do not want to do stuffs old ways. I want to learn OOP based on url. I know how to use .htacces for url masking and rewrite rule. But the thing is that when I forwarded all queries to a PHP page, I had to use switch case statement to include files. Like if query is p=profile then I need to include profile.php file either manually or by function. But I do not want do this type of things. I want to learn professional PHP so I can create webapps like wordpress and elgg and all. I've tried finding online tutorials about it but it didn't work for me.

I hope that at least one person will help me correct way.

Solution

  • Generally the parameters in the urls are used to call a respective class/function. Let say we have these urls:

    • example.com/index.php?controller=foo
    • example.com/index.php?controller=foo&function=edit
    • example.com/index.php?controller=bar

    At index.php you could start playing with includes like below:

    $controller = $_GET["controller"];
include("controllers/{$controller}");
$theClass = new $controller();

    Some web applications work with a "default funcion" that is triggered when a function is not specified in the url. For example, an index function:

    $function = $_GET["function"];
if (empty($function))
    $function = "index";  // the default function to be called

$theClass->$function();

    The Foo class can looks like this:

    class Foo{

    function index(){
        echo "hello index";
    }


    function edit(){
        echo "editing foo";
    }

}

    Note: You can use $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] instead $_GET to give urls more "friendly".