Create a Router for our Project
Explore how to implement a basic PHP router by redirecting all HTTP requests through index.php using .htaccess, then managing routes with switch case statements. Learn to serve different pages or controllers based on the requested path and handle missing routes with custom 404 error pages.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
We won’t be creating something sophisticated here, just a basic routing system for our application.
In a nutshell, we’ll:
- Redirect all the HTTP requests to
index.php(the router). - Create a routing system with
switch.
Redirect all the HTTP requests to the router
We have an index.php file at the root of our application. We’ll use it as our router.
Let’s create a .htaccess file in the root of the project and redirect all the traffic to index.php:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php
In our ...