Handy URLs and URL links.

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lukgoh	#1 2012-05-01 10:41
Members Bedankt: 12 tijden	Hello guys, I am completely new to URL transformation and with help I setup my Cotonti to use the Handy URLs, which is perfect. I have created a module and to get the same results (www.domain.com/module/$u) I added a page that hooks into urleditor.functions.php like this: <?php /* ==================== [BEGIN_COT_EXT] Hooks=urleditor.rewrite.first [END_COT_EXT] ==================== / /* * Clan Module for Cotonti CMF * * @package Clan * @version 1.0 * @author DesignLizard * @copyright (c) 2012 DesignLizard * @license BSD / defined('COT_CODE') or die('Wrong URL'); if ($path[0] == 'clans') { // Clan profiles $_GET['e'] = 'clans'; $_GET['u'] = $path[1]; return; } ?> My question/problem is when creating a url like this: cot_url('clans', 'u=' . $rowgettopclans['clan_name_short'])* it outputs a link like this: /clans?u=mli instead of clans/mli which is the correct link. I was wondering what I am doing wrong, or what needs to be done to get the correct url.

lukgoh

#1 2012-05-01 10:41

Hello guys,

I am completely new to URL transformation and with help I setup my Cotonti to use the Handy URLs, which is perfect.

I have created a module and to get the same results (www.domain.com/module/$u) I added a page that hooks into urleditor.functions.php like this:

<?php
/* ====================
[BEGIN_COT_EXT]
Hooks=urleditor.rewrite.first
[END_COT_EXT]
==================== */

/**
 * Clan Module for Cotonti CMF
 *
 * @package Clan
 * @version 1.0
 * @author DesignLizard
 * @copyright (c) 2012 DesignLizard
 * @license BSD
 */

defined('COT_CODE') or die('Wrong URL');

if ($path[0] == 'clans')
			{
				
				// Clan profiles
				$_GET['e'] = 'clans';
				$_GET['u'] = $path[1];
				return;
			}
?>

My question/problem is when creating a url like this: cot_url('clans', 'u=' . $rowgettopclans['clan_name_short']) it outputs a link like this: /clans?u=mli instead of clans/mli which is the correct link. I was wondering what I am doing wrong, or what needs to be done to get the correct url.

Trustmaster	#2 2012-05-01 19:58
Administrators Bedankt: 265 tijden	I'm sorry that this is undocumented, but out of the box with Handy preset, URLeditor understands 3 types of magic parameters, inherited from 'page' module: c=* is understood as structure category code, and so cot_url('foo', 'c=bar') is transformed into /foo/bar or /foo/path/to/bar (depending on $structure['foo']['bar'] contents). al=* is understood as alias, so cot_url('foo', 'al=baz') is transformed into /foo/baz, but cot_url('foo', 'c=bar&al=baz') will become /foo/bar/baz. id=* is understood as numeric identifier, so cot_url('foo', 'id=123') is transformed into /foo/123. You don't even need to hook into urleditor to use them. May the Source be with you!

Trustmaster

#2 2012-05-01 19:58

Administrators
Bedankt: 265 tijden

I'm sorry that this is undocumented, but out of the box with Handy preset, URLeditor understands 3 types of magic parameters, inherited from 'page' module:

c=* is understood as structure category code, and so cot_url('foo', 'c=bar') is transformed into /foo/bar or /foo/path/to/bar (depending on $structure['foo']['bar'] contents).
al=* is understood as alias, so cot_url('foo', 'al=baz') is transformed into /foo/baz, but cot_url('foo', 'c=bar&al=baz') will become /foo/bar/baz.
id=* is understood as numeric identifier, so cot_url('foo', 'id=123') is transformed into /foo/123.

You don't even need to hook into urleditor to use them.

May the Source be with you!

lukgoh	#3 2012-05-01 20:29
Members Bedankt: 12 tijden	Thanks Trustmaster, I'm now using $c for the clans which is working great. However, if I remove my hook I can no longer view a clan via /clans/clanname
Members Bedankt: 12 tijden	Dit bericht is bewerkt door lukgoh (2012-05-01 20:45, 13 jaren ago)

Trustmaster	#4 2012-05-01 21:27
Administrators Bedankt: 265 tijden	This is because it looks for an entry in $structure array for your module and that category. As there is no such a record, it falls back to $al. So you'd better use $al instead of $c. May the Source be with you!

lukgoh	#5 2012-05-01 21:28
Members Bedankt: 12 tijden	oh okay, awesome thank you.