private function init()
{
//get user requested route
if (isset($_GET['node'])) {
//define route without parameters (helps with showing base URI request)
$route = $_GET['node'];
self::$route = $route;
//break requested route into chunks in array
$route_chunks = explode("/", $route);
//define controller
$controller = $route_chunks[0];
self::$controller = $controller;
//define controller directory
$controller_dir = CONTROLLER_DIR . $controller;
self::$controller_dir = $controller_dir;
//define format
if (!empty($route_chunks[1])) {
$format = $route_chunks[1];
self::$format = $format;
}
//define parameters - get full url etc and extract all strings after &..
global $settings;
$request_uri = $settings['request_uri'];
//break requested route into chunks in array
$route_params = explode("&", $request_uri);
//remove first value from array & return $route_params as just parameters
$params_shift = array_shift($route_params);
//update $params array
foreach ($route_params as $val) {
$param_chunks = explode("=", $val);
$params[$param_chunks[0]] = $param_chunks[1];
}
self::$params = $params;
}
}
