Dynamically load page from unique identifier - php

Question

How would I go about this?
I am allowing users to sign in via various social websites. I get their unique identifiers and than redirect them to some other page
$id = ($profile->identifier);
$newURL = "/your-data/$id";
header('Location: '.$newURL);
, where they will be able to store some data about themselves.
I know and I will get here all data neccessary and save it to database.
I would like, on /your-data/98432048320
show them website generated from /template/header,index,footer.php
Here is what I have done so far to get this working:
on your-data/index.php
<?php
include("templates/header.htm");
// Set the default name
$action = 'index';
// Specify some disallowed paths
$disallowed_paths = array('header', 'footer');
if (!empty($_GET['action'])) {
$tmp_action = basename($_GET['action']);
// If it's not a disallowed path, and if the file exists, update $action
if (!in_array($tmp_action, $disallowed_paths) && file_exists("templates/{$tmp_action}.htm"))
$action = $tmp_action;
}
// Include $action
include("templates/$action.htm");
include("templates/footer.htm");
?>
I can not get it to run. It`s just plain PHP, no frameworks...

Answer 1

You should not generate dozens of templates for each unique user. It would be quite redundant.
Instead, make one php file, let's call it content.php (whatever).
Such file can contain dynamically generated data respectively to certain user. Include content.php to your main index.php.
your-data/index.php:
<?php
include("templates/header.htm");
$action = 'index'; // Set the default name
if (!empty($_GET['action'])) {
$tmp_action = basename($_GET['action']);
if (is_numeric($tmp_action)){ // check if user identifier was passed in
include("templates/content.php");
}
}
include("templates/footer.htm");
?>
Now $tmp_action variable is freely accessible within content.php.
content.php:
<?php
$userId = (int) $tmp_action;
// possible case
$query = "SELECT name, age, activity FROM social_users WHERE id = ". $userId;
// here you can get all needed data for certain user
// which can be shown in #mainContainer div
?>
<div id="mainContainer"></div>