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Insert Article Title as a URL

Thread began 10/20/2012 12:16 pm by Daryl | Last modified 10/22/2012 12:13 pm by Jason Byrnes | 957 views | 3 replies |

10/20/2012 12:16 pm | #1 DarylBeta Tester

Insert Article Title as a URL

I would like to create a blog using Data Assist, I was thinking of two main fields, Title and article.

The title field would upload to two columns, one would be Title and the other would be url with the special characters removed and - put between each word instead of spaces.

I can get the information to be inserted into the db, but do not know how to get php to modify the title for the url column.

Can anyone help with this please?

10/22/2012 8:33 am | #2 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

using the title as the URL would not be a good idea.

Use an ID primary key column and use the ID as the link.

10/22/2012 8:45 am | #3 DarylBeta Tester

Hi Jason

Thanks for your reply.

I was trying to find a cheeky little way of creating SEO urls without delving into mod rewrite.

Trying to get my head round it.....

10/22/2012 12:13 pm | #4 Jason ByrnesWebAssist

mod rewrite is the best way to go, using your method could open up other potential problems.

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