Bitrix Framework

In order to store identifiers of elements/sections of information blocks the field Symbolic Code is most convenient. For example, in the link www.myserver.com/catalog/mobile/nokia_3310/, mobile is the symbol code of the section Mobile telephones, and nokia_3310 is the symbol code of the element located in the section Mobile telephones. The symbol code must be unique, and the system itself checks its uniqueness.

The variable $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] in the error 404 handler must be broken down by parameters. To do so, a number of useful functions are available in PHP:

• preg_match
• parse_url
• pathinfo
• strpos
• parse_str

For example, links similar to myserver.com/users/ are processed in the file 404.php as follows:

<?
if(preg_match("~^/users/([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,14})/?$­~i",$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],$match))
{
header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
//selection by the identifier
require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/header.­php");
$res = CUser::GetList($O, $B, Array("LOGIN_EQUAL_EXACT"=>$match[1],"ACTIVE"=>"Y"­));
//$match[1] contains login
if($arUser = $res->GetNext())
{
//user’s data are displayed
}
else
{
//error: there is no such user
}
require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/footer.php");
}
else
{
header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");
//error
}
?>

But fixed check in preg_match not permit to do links similar to www.myserver.com/users/user_login/?r1=banner&r2=com­puterra.com that are very much needed to analyze advertising campaigns. That is why we write the following in the beginning of the file 404.php:

<?$arURI = parse_url($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] = $arURI["path"];
if(!empty($arURI["query"]))
{
parse_str($arURI["query"],$par);
foreach($par as $key => $val)
{
global $$key;
$$key = $val;
}
}
?>

Examples

Example 1

The news similar to /about/news/23.html (link for a printable version /about/news/print_23.html) instead of /about/news/detail.php?ID=23 (/about/news/detail.php?ID=23&print=Y)

• mod_rewrite
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase /
  RewriteRule ^about/news/([0-9]+).html$ about/news/detail.php?ID=$1
  RewriteRule ^about/news/print_([0-9]+).html$ about/news/detail.php?ID=$1&print=Y
  

• Error 404 handler

  <?if(preg_match("~^/about/news/(print_)?([0-9]+).html$~",$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"],$match))
  {
  header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
  $_GET["print"] = (strlen($match[1])>0 ? "Y": "");
  $_REQUEST["ID"] = $match[2];
  include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/about/news/detail.php");
  }
  else
  {
  define("ERROR_404", "Y");
  header("HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found");
  require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/header.php");
  $APPLICATION->SetTitle("404 - файл не найден");
  require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/footer.php");
  }
  ?>
  

Additional Information

How to delete "PHPSESSID=..." from URL?

In order to get rid of the session identifier in URL, uncomment the following line in /.htaccess:

php_flag session.use_trans_sid off

If it brings no result, the parameter value session.use_trans_sid must be changed to Off directly in php.ini on the server.

Also make sure the value of the parameter session.use_cookies is set as On.

How to remove question mark from a page URL?

Follow the following steps:

• Create the file .htaccess with the following contents in the catalog /news/:

  ErrorDocument 404 /news/404.php

• Create the file 404.php with the following contents in the catalog /news/:

  <?
  $arrPath = pathinfo($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
  function initialize_params($url)
  {
  
  if (strpos($url,"?")>0)
  {
  $par = substr($url,strpos($url,"?")+1,strlen($url));
  $arr = explode("#",$par);
  $par = $arr[0];
  $arr1 = explode("&",$par);
  
  foreach ($arr1 as $pair)
  {
  $arr2 = explode("=",$pair);
  global $$arr2[0];
  $$arr2[0] = $arr2[1];
  }
  
  }
  
  }
  
  initialize_params($_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]);
  require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/modules/main/include/prolog_before.php");
  $arr = explode("?",$arrPath["basename"]);
  $fname = $arr[0];
  
  if (strlen(trim($arrPath["extension"]))>0)
  {
  $arr = explode(".",$fname);
  $NEWS_ID = intval($arr[0]);
  
  if ($NEWS_ID>0)
  {
  $ID = $NEWS_ID;
  $APPLICATION->SetTitle("News Details");
  $sapi = php_sapi_name();
  if ($sapi=="cgi") header("Status: 200 OK"); else header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK");
  require_once($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/modules/iblock/iblock.php");
  CIblock::ShowPanel($IBLOCK_ID, $ID);
  include($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/php_interface/include/news/news_detail.php"); // interface script which is accessed also 
                                                                                          // in /news/detail.php
  }
  
  }
  require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/bitrix/modules/main/include/epilog.php");
  ?>