converting dynamic urls to static using mod_rewrite
I'm a non-programmer trying to figure out how mod_rewrite works. Set up the following as a test:
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/index.php
This page has a link on it that goes to
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/details/index.php?SEL=test1
Where SEL is an include file that is loaded out of
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/includes
I placed the .htaccess file in the /rewrite_test/ directory.
this file currently reads:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /rewrite_test/
RewriteRule ^details/(.*)/(.*)/$ /index.php?$1=$2 [T=application/x-httpd-php,L]
This is like the tenth time I've rewritten the .htaccess file and nothing seems to be happening. I have server access and the module is properly loaded. (In my earliest attempts I did manage to get an internal server error message, so I know it works when I've got my syntax all screwed up)
I want to make the url look like
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/details/test1.php
How do I make this happen?
Wil posted this at 17:13 — 20th January 2002.
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Hi
Sorry, I don't quite grasp your message. You have the following URL:
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/details/index.php?SEL=test1
And you want the URL in the browser window to show:
mydomain.com/rewrite_test/details/test1.php
A very simple way to achieve this would be to use one frame at the second URL and load the content of the first URL into it, thus keeping the browser window location to the second (more frindly URL).
If I have misunderstood your question and that you are trying to take advanatge of the mod_rewrite module, then maybe the following guide will help you. I doubt that you need such a complex regex.
http://www.engelschall.com/pw/apache/rewriteguide/
- wil
Anonymous posted this at 07:01 — 21st January 2002.
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Joined: Jan 1970
You're over complicating things here. To achieve what you want, all you need is the following:
RewriteEngine onRewriteRule ^/rewrite_test/details/(.*)\.php$ /index.php?SEL=$1 [L]
Mark Hensler posted this at 17:49 — 21st January 2002.
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Welcome to TWF, paulj.
Thanks for the info!
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