[Phpwebsite-developers] Link simplification proposal

[Steven L. <st...@tu...>]

Hello Everyone,

  I would like to make a suggestion to simplify links within the current
0.9.3x branch of phpwebsite.  The idea is to have individual module
pages in the base of phpwebsite.  These pages will automatically set the
module and assume a view operation to reduce the number of variables
needed to request a item to be viewed.  

Example:
pagemaster.php
<?php

$_GET['module'] = $_REQUEST['module'] = 'pagemaster';

if (!isset($_REQUEST['MASTER_op']) && !isset($_REQUEST['PAGE_user_op']))
    $_GET['PAGE_user_op'] = $_REQUEST['PAGE_user_op'] = 'view_page';

if (isset($_REQUEST['id']))
    $_GET['PAGE_id'] = $_REQUEST['PAGE_id'] = $_REQUEST['id'];

include('index.php');

?>

Link before:
./index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_op=view&PAGE_id=1

Link after:
./pagemaster.php?id=1

Then if you want to edit:
./pagemaster.php?id=1&MASTER_op=edit_page
- since the op is passed here the pagemaster.php file will not set the
default op to view

Old links will still work, but code will have to be updated to generate
the new syntax.

Thoughts?
Suggestions?

-- 
Steven Levin
Computer Systems Admin I
Electronic Student Services
Appalachian State University
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu