Good evening to the community.
I will upload a modification i made to the code to remove the ? from the links. Tested for 6 months with Apache server, without the slightest error.
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It only works with links in English
Steps:
In the root folder of our project, we open the "cmsimple" folder. Inside the folder, click and open the "functions.php" file.
Inside the file we look for: '<a href="./?'
In CMSipmle version 5.20 the code is in 5 places: Line 620, line 623 (X2), line 639 and line 1196.
After locating the points, what we do is remove the ? from the code. So the code on line 620 would look like this: return '<a href="./' . $u[0] . '">';
Only the symbol ? nothing else is deleted.
Extra Tip:
On line 639 there is the code: if ($f != $i) $t .= '<a href="./?'.amp().$i.'">';
This is where the sitemap link is set. You can also remove .amp(). which creates the & symbol in the link (/&sitemap). That is, after processing it should be like this:
if ($f != $i) $t .= '<a href="./'.$i.'">';
Finally, save your file, then navigate to the root folder and open the .htaccess file.
Add the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1 [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
Save the file and you're good to go.
Notes:
1. If you decide to follow the method on a live project, make a full backup first
2. Tested only on Apache 2.4 and php 7.4 - 8.4
3. I don't have any plugins installed, apart from the ones that come pre-installed in the official release of CMSimple 5.20
4. The creation of links in the core is not affected, the ? just disappears from the address bar. That is, if manually entering the ? in the link in the address bar, then the page works normally
When i find time i will make additional adjustments for anyone interested.
Good luck everyone.