Custom URL Query Formatter

				
//**************************************
// Name: Custom URL Query Formatter
// Description:This code changes the standard URL queries. You can change the regular '&' and '=' to new characters. This makes it look more cool, and can actually increase security because a bot could try url queries with different seperators and they wouldnt work.
// By: Josh St. Marie
//
// Returns:The function returns an array you can use in place of $_GET
//
//This code is copyrighted and has// limited warranties.Please see http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=1400&lngWId=8//for details.//**************************************

# Two constants need to be defined in order for
# the script to work.
# The character you wish to use to seperate
# values from variables
define('QUERY_VALUE_SEP','=');
# The character you wish to use bewteen sets of
# variables and values.
define('QUERY_VAR_SEP','&');
# This is the function to process the URL query.
function getVars ()
{
 $get_vars = array();
 if(isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']))
 {
$variables = explode(QUERY_VAR_SEP,$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
foreach($variables as $k)
{
 $parts[] = explode(QUERY_VALUE_SEP,$k);
}
$parts_size = sizeof($parts);
 }
		
 for($i = 0; $i < $parts_size; $i++)
 {
if(!isset($parts[$i][0]) || !isset($parts[$i][1]))
 break;
$get_vars[$parts[$i][0]] = $parts[$i][1];
 }
 return $get_vars;
}
# Call getVars() at the top of your page.
# Example:
$get_vars = getVars();
# Then you don't use $_GET, you now use $get_vars to fetch URL query variables and values.
# With this simple script, you can change the URL
# query from the regular boring '&' and '='
# characters, for one, it makes it look more
# trendy, and, it can increase security if bots
# try regular queries, they'll be ignored by your
# script which makes use of a new format
# For example if QUERY_VALUE_SEP was '.' and 
# QUERY_VAR_SEP was ';' then your url queries 
# would look like:
# index.php?variable.1;variable.testinfo