I’m creating a dictionary database using php and MySQL. The user can search for a name, if it’s there it brings up a list of matching links (eg: http://mydictionary/name.php) and then the user can click on said link and they are transported to a webpage that get’s its information from the database. If there is no entry for the name in the database then the user is invited to make their own entry. I can get this to work using a html input form and then the php file to save it into the database.
The problem I have is that when this newly entered name is searched for, the link won’t be active as it leads to a non-existent page. Can I get php to create the new url for me? Or does anyone know a way around this problem?
Many thanks!
What you need to do is create an .htaccess file and mod_rewrite.
This post will help you get started.
http://www.desiquintans.com/cleanurls