URL Management dynamic parameters

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

I am trying to work out a URL rule to apply to convert the following url

http://localhost/page/viewjob/id/85345/Php-Developer-Required

where ‘page’ is the controller and ‘viewjob’ is the action and ‘id’ is the parameter

I need to convert it to an seo friendly url which is below

http://localhost/jobs/85345-Php-Developer-Required

The current setup I have in the config file is as follows.




		'urlManager'=>array(

			'urlFormat'=>'path',

            'showScriptName' => false,

			'rules'=>array(

				'<controller:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/view',

				'<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>/<id:\d+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',

				'<controller:\w+>/<action:\w+>'=>'<controller>/<action>',

                '/jobs/\w+' => '<page>/<viewjob>/id-\w+',                


			),

		),

I have tried to reading the manual several times but don’t really understand the rules that well and how

to apply it in this case.

2

The rules above map the matches controller on the left and put it into the routing on the right. In your case you’ll want a rule something like:




'/jobs/<id:\d+>-.*' => 'page/viewjob'

Not tested.

3

I had to modify the code slightly but I think I am getting a bit more idea on

URL Management than I had before…

This:


'jobs/<id:\d+>/*' => 'page/viewjob/id/<id>/',

Creates: http://localhost/jobs/85345/Php-Developer-Required

I have tried modifiying it further


'jobs/<id:\d+>-.*' => 'page/viewjob/id/<id>/',

But this doesn’t work

I needed to use the url below

http://localhost/jobs/85345-Php-Developer-Required

What I don’t get is that I have already stored the


<id:\d+>

into variable


<id>

so why does replacing the ‘/’ with ‘-’

cause it to fail ??