How can i create permanently accessible urls from database entries? - php

Question

I am trying to make a mirror of the this site for my own country, but I am having a hard time comperehending how to create new urls from my database entries.
For example as on the site I linked, it has and id/name to identify that exacty site, i want to achieve the same to make seperate questions shareable.
My current code is only created to test with 1 question on localhost url.
Here's a little snippet of what I've currently got:
<?php
$id = 1;
$result = performQuery("SELECT * FROM dilemmas WHERE id = ".$id);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
$blue_question = utf8_encode($row['blue_question']);
$blue_votes = utf8_encode($row['blue_votes']);
$red_question = utf8_encode($row['red_question']);
$red_votes = utf8_encode($row['red_votes']);
}
?>
<div class="answer-peek">
<div class="peek-text">Vil du helst...</div>
<div class="peek-buttons">
<div class="peek-bluebutton"><?php echo $blue_question ?></div>
<div class="peek-redbutton"><?php echo $red_question ?></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row text-center" id="textrow">
<h3 style="color:white;">Vil du helst...</h3>
</div>
<div class="row" id="buttonrow">
<div class="col-md-1">
<div class="button-left"></div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-10"><
<div class="col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 button" id="bluebutton">
<div class="blueCheckDiv"></div>
<div id="text-container">
<table cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">
<div class="result">
<div class="percentage">
<?php
$percent = $blue_votes/($blue_votes + $red_votes);
$percent_friendly = number_format( $percent * 100, 0 ) . '%';
echo $percent_friendly;
?>
</div>
<div class="total-votes">
<span class="count">
<?php echo $blue_votes; ?>
</span>
<span class="word">
enige
</span>
</div>
<div class="question-text">
<?php echo $blue_question ?>
</div>
</div>
<p class="question">
<?php echo $blue_question ?>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5 button" id="redbutton">
<div class="redCheckDiv"></div>
<div id="text-container">
<table cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="middle">
<div class="result">
<div class="percentage">
<?php
$percent = $blue_votes/($blue_votes + $red_votes);
$percent_friendly = number_format( $percent * 100, 2 ) . '%';
echo $percent_friendly;
?>
</div>
<div class="total-votes">
<span class="count">
<?php echo $red_votes ?>
</span>
<span class="word">
uenige
</span>
</div>
<div class="question-text">
<?php echo $red_question ?>
</div>
</div>
<p class="question">
<?php echo $red_question ?>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-1">
<div class="button-right"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row" id="dividerrow">
<div class="col-md-8" id="divider-left"></div>
<div class="col-md-4" id="divider-right"></div>
</div>
<div class="row" id="socialrow">
<div class="col-md-8 socialcol" id="col-left"></div>
<div class="col-md-4 socialcol" id="col-right"></div>
</div>

Answer 1

I suggested you to use a framework in the comments to your question.
Anyway, to do what you are trying, you can try something like this:
<?php
$id = 1;
if (true === isset($_GET['id'])) {
$id = $_GET['id'];
}
$result = performQuery("SELECT * FROM dilemmas WHERE id = ".$id);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
$blue_question = utf8_encode($row['blue_question']);
$blue_votes = utf8_encode($row['blue_votes']);
$red_question = utf8_encode($row['red_question']);
$red_votes = utf8_encode($row['red_votes']);
}
And you can call this same page with something like example.com/page.php?id=1234.
So, you can build links for each question like this:
Share
NOTE: This is a really dirty code and it opens to a lot of security issues. I wrote it only to make you able to understand the dynamics, but, again, I suggest you to use a framework on the first start: make all in "plain" PHP will cause you to deal with a lot of complex problems like the security or the handling of routing or services, etc... Use a framework to find very good guidance and to learn faster and better the language of your choice (PHP in this case).