Mod_rewrite with custom script for friendly URLS

CMS & WordPress
1

Hello,

I always built my own websites and classes. Now I want to use WordPress and use my own scripts in some cases.

I have this script (it is already within a WordPress template):

  <?php
/*
Template Name: Page: Banden
*/
$website = "ty";
?>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/jquery.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/jqueryUI.min.js"></script>
        <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/configuratie.js"></script>
<?php get_header(); ?>

    <?php get_template_part( 'framework/inc/titlebar' ); ?>

    <div id="page-wrap" class="container">

        <div id="content" class="sixteen columns">
        <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

            <article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>

                <div class="entry">
<?php

    include_once "vars.php";
    include_once "includes/inc/config.inc.php";
    include_once "class/banden.class.php";
    $banden = new banden($dbo);
    if(isset($zomer)){$zomer;}
    if(isset($winter)){$winter;}
    if(isset($allseason)){$allseason;}
    if(isset($overig)){$overig;}
    $seasons = array("ZO"=>$zomer, "WI"=>$winter, "AS"=>$allseason, "OV"=>$overig);
    isset($seasons['ZO']);
    isset($seasons['WI']);
    isset($seasons['AS']);
    isset($seasons['OV']);
    if(isset($_GET['cat']) && isset($_GET['merk']))
    {
?>
            <table border="1" class="bandenmerken">
<?php
    $tyres = $banden->getTyres($_GET['cat'], $_GET['merk']);
    $typearray = array();
    $counter = 0;
    $start = 0;
    foreach($tyres as $tyre)
    {
        if(!in_array($tyre->uitvoeringvoertuigtype, $typearray))
        {
            if($start == 1)
            {
?>
                </tr>
<?php
            }
?>
<?php
if($tyre->uitvoeringvoertuigtype == "BW")
{
?>
    </tr>
    </table>
    <table border="1" class="bandenmerken">

<?php
}
?>
<?php
if($tyre->uitvoeringvoertuigtype == "X4")
{
?>

    </table>
    <table border="1" class="bandenmerken">

<?php
}
?>
                <tr>
                    <th colspan="2"><?php
            switch($tyre->uitvoeringvoertuigtype)
            {
                case "AU":
                    echo "Personenwagens";
                    break;
                case "BW":
                    if (isset($deliveryvan)){ echo $deliveryvan;}
                    break;
                case "X4":
                    if (isset($x4)){ echo $x4;}
                    break;
                case "TR":
                    if (isset($truck)){ echo $truck;}
                    break;
                    echo "";
                    break;
            }
?></th>
                </tr>
                <tr>
<?php
            array_push($typearray, $tyre->uitvoeringvoertuigtype);
            $counter = 0;
        }
        if($counter == 2)
        {
?>
                </tr>
                <tr>
<?php
            $counter = 0;
        }
?>
                    <td>
                        <a href="?merk=<?php echo $_GET['merk']; ?>&amp;cat=<?php echo $_GET['cat']; ?>&amp;band=<?php echo $tyre->uitvoeringid; ?>" title="TYFOON <?php echo $tyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>" class="link-class" onclick="javascript:saveScrollPositions();">
                        <h2><?php echo $tyre->uitvoeringoms; ?></h2>
                            <img src="http://www.website.net/banden/<?php if(isset($tyre->uitvoeringfoto) && $tyre->uitvoeringfoto != ""){ echo str_replace(".jpg", "-k.png", urlencode ($tyre->uitvoeringfoto)); } else { echo "empty-k.png"; } ?>" height="120" width="77" alt="<?php echo $tyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>" class="band"/>
                        </a>
                    </td>
<?php
        $start = 1;
        $counter++;
    }
?>
                </tr>
            </table>
</div>
<div class="bandinfo-img">
<table border="1" class="banden-titel">
<tr>

<img src="afbeeldingen/zomerband.jpg" height="145" alt="Tyfoon Zomerband>"/>

</tr>
</table>
</div>
        <div class="bandinfo">
<?php
    if(isset($_GET['band']) && is_numeric($_GET['band']))
    {
        $seltyre = $banden->getTyres($_GET['cat'], $_GET['merk'], $_GET['band']);
        if(isset($seltyre[0])){ $seltyre = $seltyre[0]; }
        else { $seltyre = $tyres[0]; }
    }
    else
    {
        $seltyre = $tyres[0];
    }
?>
            <div class="bandinfocontainer">
            <table border="1" class="banden-titel-tekst">
            <tr>
                <th>
                Over de: TYFOON <?php echo $seltyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>
                </th>
            </tr>
            <tr>
            <td>
<?php
                $teksten = $banden->getTeksten("01", $seltyre->merkcode."-".$seltyre->uitvoeringisb);
                if(isset($teksten[0]))
                {
                    echo $teksten[0]->tekstbes;
                }
?>
            </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
            <table border="1" class="banden-titel-tekst">
            <tr>
                <th>
                Maten: TYFOON <?php echo $seltyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>
                </th>
            </tr>
            </table>
            <table border="1" class="bandinfoheader">
                    <tr>
                        <th class="extra">Band maat</th>
                        <th class="extra">XL</th>
                        <th class="extra">LI</th>
                        <th class="extra">SI</th>
                        <th><img src="afbeeldingen/labels/brandstof.png" width="30" height="30" alt="<?php echo isset($fuel)? $fuel: false; ?>"/></th>
                        <th><img src="afbeeldingen/labels/grip.png" width="30" height="30" alt="<?php echo isset($grip)? $grip: false; ?>"/></th>
                        <th><img src="afbeeldingen/labels/geluid.png" width="30" height="30" alt="<?php echo isset($sound)? $sound: false; ?>"/></th>
                        <th><img src="afbeeldingen/labels/geluid_db.png" width="30" height="30" alt="<?php echo isset($sound2)? $sound2: false; ?>"/></th>
                    </tr>
                </table>
                <div id="maten-wrapper">
            <table border="1" class="banden-titel">
            <?php
    $maten = $banden->getBandMaten($_GET['merk'], $seltyre->uitvoeringisb);
    foreach($maten as $maat)
    {
?>
                        <tr>
                            <td><?php
    echo $maat->artikelmaat;
    if(!empty($maat->artikelhbv) || $maat->artikelhbv != "")
    {
        echo " / ".$maat->artikelhbv;
    }
    if(!empty($maat->artikeldiameter) || $maat->artikeldiameter != "")
    {
        echo " R".$maat->artikeldiameter;
    }
?></td>
                            <td class="si"><?php echo preg_replace("/[^A-Z]/", '', $maat->artikel_xl); ?></td>
                            <td class="li"><?php echo preg_replace("/[^0-9]/", '', $maat->artikeldraagvermogen); ?></td>
                            <td class="si"><?php echo preg_replace("/[^A-Z]/", '', $maat->artikeldraagvermogen); ?></td>
                            <td class="eulabel"><?php echo $maat->artikelbrandstof; ?></td>
                            <td class="eulabel"><?php echo $maat->artikelgrip; ?></td>
                            <td class="eulabel"><?php echo (($maat->artikelgeluid == 0) ? "" : $maat->artikelgeluid); ?></td>
                            <td class="eulabel"><?php echo (($maat->artikelgeluid2 == 0) ? "" : $maat->artikelgeluid2); ?></td>
                        </tr>
<?php
    }
?>

            </table>
            </div>
            </div>
        </div>
                    <div class="bandinfoimage">
                <a href="#" title="TYFOON <?php echo $tyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>" onclick="fx.changeImage('<?php if(isset($seltyre->uitvoeringfoto) && $seltyre->uitvoeringfoto != ""){ echo str_replace(".jpg", "", $seltyre->uitvoeringfoto); } else { echo "empty"; } ?>', this); return false;">
                    <img src="afbeeldingen/vergroot.png" height="21" width="22" alt="zoom" class="zoom"/>
                    <img src="http://www.website.net/preview/<?php  if(isset($seltyre->uitvoeringfoto) && $seltyre->uitvoeringfoto != ""){ echo str_replace(".jpg", ".jpg", urlencode ($seltyre->uitvoeringfoto)); } else { echo "empty.png"; } ?>" height="325" width="237" alt="<?php echo $seltyre->uitvoeringoms; ?>" class="band"/>
                </a>
            </div>-->
<?php
    }
    else
    {
?>
        <table border="1" class="bandenmerken">
            <tr>
<?php
        if(!isset($_GET['type']))
        {
            $_GET['type'] = "IMPORT";
        }
        $merken = $banden->getMerkByCat($_GET['type']);
        $counter = 0;
        foreach($merken as $merk)
        {
            $control = $banden->controlTyreCat($merk->merkcode);
            if(isset($control[0]) && !empty($control[0]->uitvoeringid))
            {
                if($counter == 5)
                {
                    echo "\	\	\	</tr>
\	\	\	<tr>\
";
                    $counter = 0;
                }
                echo "\	\	\	\	<td>
\	\	\	\	\	<img src=\\"http://www.website.net/logos/".str_replace(".png", "_125.png", $merk->merklogo)."\\" width=\\"125\\" height=\\"53\\" alt=\\"".$merk->merkoms."\\" class=\\"logo\\"/><br/>
\	\	\	\	\	<div class=\\"types\\">\
";
                foreach($seasons as $seasonkey => $season)
                {
                    $control = $banden->controlTyreCat($merk->merkcode, $seasonkey);
                    if(isset($control[0]) && !empty($control[0]->uitvoeringid))
                    {
?>
                        <a href="?merk=<?php echo $merk->merkcode; ?>&amp;cat=<?php echo $seasonkey; ?>">> <?php echo $season; ?></a><br/>
<?php
                    }
                }
                echo "\	\	\	\	\	</div>
\	\	\	\	</td>\
";
                $counter++;
            }
        }
?>
            </tr>
        </table>
<?php
    }
?>

<?php
the_content();
?>

                    <?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => 'Pages: ', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>

                </div>

            </article>

            <?php if(!$data['check_disablecomments']) { ?>
                <?php comments_template(); ?>
            <?php } ?>

            <?php endwhile; endif; ?>
        </div> <!-- end content -->

    </div> <!-- end page-wrap -->

<?php get_footer(); ?>

I have a page in WordPress called “Zomerbanden” and I have custom permalinks (/%category%/%postname%/).

Now I have two problems:

When I click on the button “Zomerbanden” my url looks like this: www.website.nl/zomerbanden/

But the script only shows results when the url is like this: www.website.nl/zomerbanden/?merk=TY&cat=ZO

How can I change the href of that menu button to above url? (www.website.nl/zomerbanden/?merk=TY&cat=ZO)

My second question is like this:

As you can see my URL’s are very ugly:

www.website.nl/zomerbanden/?merk=TY&cat=ZO&band=1875

I want my URL’s to look like this:

www.website.nl/zomerbanden/toayan/zomer/connected

Can somebody help me out with this?

Any help would be welcome

Thanks in advance

Kind Regards

2

Just curious why would you find it necessary to implement mod_rewrite rules in your template? WP already has very flexible url rewrites built into it. If the wp codex itself doesn’t support what your looking to achieve I always suggest utilizing mod_rewrite in the htaccess if it’s enabled on your server.

3

You can easily solve that by replacing


$tyres = $banden->getTyres($_GET['cat'], $_GET['merk']);

with


$tyres = $banden->getTyres(isset($_GET['cat']) ? $_GET['cat'] : 'ZO', isset($_GET['merk']) ? $_GET['merk'] : 'TY');

I have no experience with wordpress whatsoever, so I can’t help with your other questions.

Also, you should look at your code again. The lines below:


if(isset($zomer)){$zomer;} 
if(isset($winter)){$winter;} 
if(isset($allseason)){$allseason;} 
if(isset($overig)){$overig;} 
isset($seasons['ZO']); 
isset($seasons['WI']); 
isset($seasons['AS']); 
isset($seasons['OV']);

have no effect whatsoever. You can just remove them without losing any functionality.
No offence, but it’s probably a good idea for you to get a php book to grasp the basics.