Re-Write the URL using $_SESSION vars

nathj

Hi,

I have been working on site for the last month and in terms of tech development it's now done, I'm waiting for final content.

While I wait I am playing around with some other ideas.

Each page on this site is loaded through AJAX so the URL never changes. However, if the URL contains two parameters then a specific page is loaded when the site boots up. This enables me to send out page specific links.

Every time a new 'page' is loaded two $_SESSION variables are updated to store the ID's that would be needed to get teh relevant page information from the DB. It would great if I could then write those to the URL so that bookmarking and browser history become available.

The trick is that I don't want to refresh the page to do this - that would defeat the point of having done this using AJAX.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I have spent a lot of time reading around on this subject and I have found nothing that has made much sens to me.

Well now I've asked my question I best go see if there's a question or two I can answer.

Cheers
nathj

Jul 23 '08 #1

Atli

Hi.

Sounds to me like you need JavaScript to edit the URL the browser is displaying?
That's more of a JavaScript thing, so I'll move this over to the JavaScript forum.

Jul 23 '08 #2

acoder

You could try using the location.hash property.

There are some implementations, e.g. RSH (Really Simple History). You may also find this link useful.

Jul 29 '08 #3

nathj

You could try using the location.hash property.

There are some implementations, e.g. RSH (Really Simple History). You may also find this link useful.

Hi,

Thanks for the pointers. I had started playing around with the # idea - this at least allows bookmarking before any more advanced modifications to allow the back button to function.

Cheers
nathj

Jul 29 '08 #4