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#1 26-07-2010 01:39:19 pm
- Asharif
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- From: Tripoli, Lebanon
- Registered: 23-07-2010
ModRewrite Help
hey all,
i have this problem, i know it will sound silly but it has been baffling me all day,
i am building what my boss calls "engine", which is primarly a single script with a different database for each user, the problem is that i need him to be redirected via the URL.
example:
if the user types www.mycompany.com/username
he should be redirected to www.mycompany.com/index.php?name=username
i have been playing all day with the file but nothing seems to work,
here is some of the code i've used so far,
Code:
RewriteRule ^test/([a-z0-9]+) http://www.myweb.com/test/index.php?name=$1 [PT]
Code:
RewriteRule (.*) /index.php?name=$1 [PT]
Code:
RewriteRule (.*) test/index.php?name=$1
any help.. anyone?
Last edited by Asharif (26-07-2010 01:50:46 pm)
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#2 26-07-2010 08:49:31 pm
Re: ModRewrite Help
Try this:
Code:
RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /index.php?name=$1 [L]
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#3 26-07-2010 10:46:45 pm
- rolf
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- From: Beirut
- Registered: 05-04-2005
Re: ModRewrite Help
Thats the most basic use of mod_rewrite, there should be plenty of examples on google...
mod_rewrite is a pain to debug though, you need to build it very gradually and do
Code:
<pre> <?php print_r($_GET) ?> </pre>
in the PHP to better see what is happening.
There's a way to debug it but I never used it myself I think it's not very user-friendly.
EDIT: Start without the ^ at the beginning and with something very generic like (.*) to see the result in the php print_r, and build from there.
Last edited by rolf (26-07-2010 10:48:22 pm)
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#4 27-07-2010 08:45:26 am
- Asharif
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- From: Tripoli, Lebanon
- Registered: 23-07-2010
Re: ModRewrite Help
Here is the code that eventually worked:
Code:
RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?test=$1 [L]
thanks everyone :)
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#5 27-07-2010 05:49:19 pm
Re: ModRewrite Help
Asharif wrote:
Here is the code that eventually worked:
Code:
RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?test=$1 [L]thanks everyone :)
You're welcome.
Always remember to turn the RewriteEngine on.
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