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The Simplest PHP Router


I wanted to create the absolute most basic routing code in PHP, so here it is. We will
direct ALL traffic to index.php and route to the new files from there.

Redirect all requests to index.php


In the root of your project, create a .htaccess file that will redirect all requests to
index.php .

.htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php [QSA,L]

Create a routing switch


Get the requested path with $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] , and require the page you
want to display. I have '' and '/' for both url.com/ and url.com.

index.php

<?php

$request = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

switch ($request) {
case '/' :
require __DIR__ . '/views/index.php';
break;
case '' :
require __DIR__ . '/views/index.php';
break;
case '/about' :
require __DIR__ . '/views/about.php';
break;
default:
http_response_code(404);
require __DIR__ . '/views/404.php';
break;
}

Create the views


Create a /views directory and place the files.

/views/index.php

<h1>Main</h1>

/views/about.php

<h1>About</h1>

/views/404.php

<h1>404</h1>

That's it!

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Hello and thanks for visiting! My name is Published: June 2018


Tania Rascia, and this is my website and Category: PHP
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