How to decrypt URL link in php

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I encrypted my url link in php

PHP

$link =base64_encode('page2.php')

<form id="test" action="<?php echo $link;?>" method="post">

like this but when i run this code it shows

the requested url "http://localhost/Code/Report%20s/trR42JWpCV1ncxbuD0Gv8vFsMsn6//FVmZ5XNQp1glo=" was not found in this server

this is what i want to show in the address bar is ok but how to show 'page2.php' content in browser? without show "/page2.php" in address bar

Thanks in advance

Posted 27-Apr-14 20:56pm

Arun2012

Updated 27-Dec-19 0:10am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 3:15am

Why? why?!
—SA

Arun2012 28-Apr-14 3:19am

Just for hide my file name and extension in address bar

Mitchell J. 28-Apr-14 3:22am

Why would you hide it? I agree with SA...

Arun2012 28-Apr-14 3:24am

i want to hide the extension for plain & neat address bar

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 3:46am

You must be joking. "Neat" with base64? :-)

Then I answered. Please see Solution 2.<br>
—SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 3:45am

What file? Why?
—SA

Arun2012 28-Apr-14 3:49am

I want to hide file extension and file name from my client website tats all

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Graham Breach · Answer 1 · 2014-04-27T21:22:00

You have to use URL rewriting for that - if you're using Apache, this should help: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/[^]

You should bear in mind that URL rewriting is usually used to make URLs more readable and therefore better for search engines. What you are trying to do makes it even less readable.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2014-04-27T21:23:00

Solution 2

Base64 is not "encryption": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64[^].

The question makes no sense, because, before the HTTP request even reach your PHP processing code, this URL will fail already, because the HTTP server just sees the URL of the resource which does not exist. You don't need to decode this URL, you need to use some URL which can be interpreted by HTTP in some usable way.

As your purpose remains mysterious to me (what could it give you?!), I can only suggest you to think about different techniques of modifying URLs: URL rewriting or URL routing:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/02/introduction-to-url-rewriting[^],
http://www.phpaddiction.com/tags/axial/url-routing-with-php-part-one[^].

You can also think of having URL parameters and encoding them, or combine these techniques. As I don't understand your purpose, I cannot advice anything in particular.

—SA

Posted 27-Apr-14 21:23pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Arun2012 28-Apr-14 3:46am

Thanks for the link
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/11/02/introduction-to-url-rewriting[^],

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule test.php Xu8JuefAtua.php

In my local system httpd.config won't work

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 3:49am

Why? I guess this is Apache, which does support URL rewrite.
Anyway, are you going to accept the answer formally (green "Accept" button). This is what you really can use.
—SA

Arun2012 28-Apr-14 3:52am

Which server support URL rewrite?
Any other possibilities in Apache server?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 3:54am

Why other?
—SA

Arun2012 28-Apr-14 4:02am

Sorry misunderstanding.
But it wont work on my local server, this is my www root
http://localhost/Code/Reports/test.php
there are several files named test.php inside http://localhost/ now i want to rewrite
this http://localhost/Code/Reports/test.php file how to define it in httpd.config?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 28-Apr-14 10:41am

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html