Question

Database row IDs are tied to the URLs like this:

The page for row 2 becomes
site.com/index.php?id=2

If I manually refresh index.php it displays a random record, but naturally it doesn’t display the record ID in the address bar.

Is there a way to make a link display a random record while showing the id change in the address bar?

Thank you for your help!

Answer 1

Instead of just showing the random record, choose the record’s id and do a redirect to the version that shows the id.

$randomId = // whatever method you use to choose it
header( "Location: http://site.com/index.php?id=$randomId" );