[FM Discuss] need some php help

[adam hyde]

thanks thanks :)




On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:25 +0000, Michael McAndrew wrote:
> yeah - have asked civi team if they can lend a hand too.  will get on
> with this from friday evening onwards ...
> 
> On 17 February 2011 11:17, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
>         ah good!  you already know the syntax then since we did this
>         with civi
>         
>         
>         adam
>         
>         
>         
>         On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 11:14 +0000, Michael McAndrew wrote:
>         > i can help with this :)
>         >
>         > On 17 February 2011 11:08, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
>         wrote:
>         >         hi,
>         >
>         >         I want to start the new fm site next week but i have
>         so much
>         >         on i dont
>         >         have enough time to prepare everything for it. the
>         need is
>         >         getting
>         >         pressing.
>         >
>         >         One of the issues is that I want to redirect urls so
>         that the
>         >         old links
>         >         to chapters in current manuals still work. if we
>         dont do this
>         >         then all
>         >         links that are out there in the www will turn up 404
>         since the
>         >         chapter
>         >         urls will be different.
>         >
>         >         I need everyone that needs a old chapter url mapped
>         onto a new
>         >         url to be
>         >         able to visit a form online and  enter the old url
>         into a
>         >         textfield ,
>         >         then the corresponding new url into another
>         textfield. then
>         >         press
>         >         'submit'. at the end of each day or ondemand
>         depending on how
>         >         much time
>         >         i have, i will remap it all manually in the htaccess
>         files. if
>         >         i can
>         >         simply copy and paste an already formatted redirect
>         command
>         >         that would
>         >         make it fast...
>         >
>         >         is there anyone out there that can make a very
>         simple php
>         >         script to
>         >         help? it needs to do this:
>         >
>         >         have two fields:
>         >         old url:
>         >         new url:
>         >
>         >         [submit]
>         >
>         >         -----
>         >         the php file then takes the last two parts of each
>         path:
>         >         oldurl = [manualname]/[oldchapter]
>         >
>         >         and
>         >
>         >         newurl = [manualname]/[newchapter]
>         >
>         >
>         >         then does the following :
>         >         writes a text file with the right redirect command
>         (I can send
>         >         anyone
>         >         that wants this the syntax off list).
>         >
>         >         *and* writes the request onto the form at the bottom
>         so people
>         >         can see
>         >         which urls have already been requested to redirect
>         >
>         >
>         >         anyone ok to help me with this?
>         >
>         >         adam
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
>         >
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>         Adam Hyde
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