Question

I am using MVC framework in my website.In my webpage URL file extension is not showing.I need to specify the file extension like

www.legacy.com/women/tops.php 

but its showing only

www.legacy.com/women/tops/ 

for seo purpose I want to change the url with extension. But I can’t change the folder or file name.

One more doubt I have that.My webpage is showing

www.legacy.com/women/tops/ 

like this I want to change this as http://www.legacy.com/women_tops.php/
Is it possible?

Thank you

Here is the code I use to associate a URL with a controller:

$arrCommands = array (
    'home' => "contents",
    'members' => "",        
);

if ( $arrCommands[$command1] == "*" )
{
    $includeFile = CONTROLLER_PATH . "/" . $command1 . "/" . $command2 . ".php";

    if ( !file_exists($includeFile) )
        $includeFile = CONTROLLER_PATH . "/" . $command1 . "/default.php";
}
    elseif ( !array_key_exists($command1, $arrCommands) )
    {
        $includeFile    =   CONTROLLER_PATH . "/contents/" . $command1 . ".php";
        if ( !file_exists($includeFile))
    Header( "Location: http://metroplots.ragedev/404_error/" );     
    }
else
{
    $includeFile = CONTROLLER_PATH . "/". $arrCommands[$command1] . "/" . $command1 . ".php";

    if ( !file_exists($includeFile) )
        $includeFile = CONTROLLER_PATH . "/contents/home.php";
}

include_once($includeFile);

Answer 1

the technology your looking for is called url rewriting

the idea is taking a give url and rewriting it on the server side. lots of software use this method to not expose logic via get parameters…

e.g.
http://domain.com/blog/2

according to the server, this url is actually:

http://domain.com/index.php?cat=blog&page=2

on linux/apache servers is is achieved via modrewrite:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

using .htaccess files on the server that explain the rewrite rules and route urls.

microsoft iis servers have their own flavor (and syntax) called url rewrite:
http://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/url-rewrite

there are some tools out there to do this for you (here’s an overview of 6 of them)
http://webm.ag/2009/12/15/6-of-the-best-mod-rewrite-generators/

but i feel like most times your best best is to manually create your own.

here’s an example of the one i use on my site:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

basically this ruleset will redirect all traffic to index.php

in my MVC i have a generic controller called “url_logic” that runs first and looks at what the url is. and based upon it’s logic it creates the necessary controllers to create the site (even if it’s a 404 error controller).

hope that helps get you started!

also, if your using windows .htaccess files are tough to work with. i suggest naming them
htaccess.txt and when you upload them to the server rename them there.