Shorten URL by removing empty GET variables and simplifying variable names

Question

I am working on a website where an URL is composed after submitting a GET form. The form values are passed as an array of variables of which at least one must b

Answer 1

I recommend you following solution: First, you need to define html form with POST method:

    
    Search

Second, you need to define getSearchTerms action in your ExampleController:

public function actionGetSearchTerms()
{
    $this->render(Yii::app()->baseUrl.'/example/search/'.$_POST['name']);
}

Then, you need to define main search action:

public function search($name)
{
    //do search operation here.
}

Finally, you need to add a url-manager rule:

"example/search/"=>"example/search"

In this solution, getSearchTerms action is responsible for receiving user entered text, and then pass values to search action. Now your url can be http://localhost/example/search/sampleText . Note you can skip adding url-manager rule if you like. In this case, your url must be like http://localhost/example/search/name/sampleText. In fact, we can remove "name" part from url by adding url-manager rule.