Magento 1.9- Pass a Parameter to cms page url

Question

I am new to Magento, I need to pass parameters to a cms page created through the backend under the cms section. The steps I followed to create a page are as follows:

1. First of all, I added a new page layout using this answer.
2. Then I added a new page from admin panel, and added the layout created in the previous step to this page.
3. The page is created and I can access it using the url-key (custom-products) generated for this page, as example.com/custom-products The page content is loaded successfully.

Now my problem is, i want to pass a parameter to this url just like example.com/custom-products/1, but when I write /1 at the end of the url, It takes me to the Not found page.

But when I add a query-string parameters (example.com/custom-products?param=1) to this page the page works fine. But I don't want the parameter passed as query-string. I need it to be as example.com/custom-products/1

Any help in this regard would be really appreciating.

Bundle of thanks in advance.

• sv3n: What is the param /1 for? You could add this to your CMS page url key, but i doubt thats what you're looking for.
• HMUS: param /1 is not a static number, it is a dynamic number, which gets value from the previous page
• sv3n: OK, what should the parameter do? Just ask because i think a (static) CMS page is not for displaying dymanic content. Maybe you can update your answer and tell what you try to achieve in the end.

Answer 1

You can't use following type of url for cms page

example.com/custom-products/1 

OR

example.com/custom-products/param/1

Because CMS Router class take whole things as an identifier. In example it's create identifier for url like

custom-products/1

AND

custom-products/param/1

But when you create CMS page, you assign identifier 'custom-products' not custom-products/1 or custom-products/param/1, That's why it load nothing. Check following class

app/code/core/Mage/Cms/Controller/Router.php

/**
 * Validate and Match Cms Page and modify request
 *
 * @param Zend_Controller_Request_Http $request
 * @return bool
 */
public function match(Zend_Controller_Request_Http $request)
{
 if (!Mage::isInstalled()) {
 Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()
 ->setRedirect(Mage::getUrl('install'))
 ->sendResponse();
 exit;
 }
 $identifier = trim($request->getPathInfo(), '/');
 $condition = new Varien_Object(array(
 'identifier' => $identifier,
 'continue' => true
 ));
 Mage::dispatchEvent('cms_controller_router_match_before', array(
 'router' => $this,
 'condition' => $condition
 ));
 $identifier = $condition->getIdentifier();
 if ($condition->getRedirectUrl()) {
 Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getResponse()
 ->setRedirect($condition->getRedirectUrl())
 ->sendResponse();
 $request->setDispatched(true);
 return true;
 }
 if (!$condition->getContinue()) {
 return false;
 }
 $page = Mage::getModel('cms/page');
 $pageId = $page->checkIdentifier($identifier, Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
 if (!$pageId) {
 return false;
 }
 $request->setModuleName('cms')
 ->setControllerName('page')
 ->setActionName('view')
 ->setParam('page_id', $pageId);
 $request->setAlias(
 Mage_Core_Model_Url_Rewrite::REWRITE_REQUEST_PATH_ALIAS,
 $identifier
 );
 return true;
}

Check following line

$page = Mage::getModel('cms/page');
$pageId = $page->checkIdentifier($identifier, Mage::app()->getStore()->getId());
if (!$pageId) {
 return false;
}

How to overcome?

Create your own router and make your own way.

How you create Router?

You use an example of CMS module. Open config.xml and check following code sample

<events>
 <controller_front_init_routers>
 <observers>
 <cms>
 <class>Mage_Cms_Controller_Router</class>
 <method>initControllerRouters</method>
 </cms>
 </observers>
 </controller_front_init_routers>
</events>

Create your router class like Vendor_Module_Controller_Router.

Answer 2

can you try like that

example.com/custom-products/param/1

you are not passed parameter (param) field in the url.

• Rama Chandran M: if it is work please let me know