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cj-design · 12-28-2003, 02:51 PM

Hi,

Sites like amazon have what look like static pages for example:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...268978-5527820

but these pages are infact dynamic as amazon has some sort of rewrite module installed to convert the /'s to & (variables).

If I wanted to change my PHP pages in this way using apache, how would I do it?

From this:

http://www.mysite.com/?page=articles...002&date=today

to this:

www.mysite.com/page=articles/id=10002/date=today

AdultNex · 12-28-2003, 02:59 PM

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/485

fuzebox · 12-28-2003, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by AdultNex
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/485

I've been using the method described on page 2 for a long time now, works great.

pornanza · 12-28-2003, 03:03 PM

you need to use mod_rewrite

place a .htaccess file in the directory, generally the root directory.

.htaccess
--------------------------

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]

RewriteRule ^([0-9a-z]+)/?$ index.php?variable=$1 [L]

is a basic example anything in the () that matches the regular expression is placed in $1, if you have another () then $2 will exist

take a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html

i'm still pretty new to it, so i hope this all makes sense

hope it helps

ryan

smproduction · 12-29-2003, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by AdultNex
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/485

It seems to work in my tests, thank you

Mr Pheer · 12-29-2003, 02:43 AM

hmm... that could be real useful for google....

now the rocks in my head are bangin together....

cj-design · 12-29-2003, 05:23 PM

cheers AdultNex

12-28-2003, 02:51 PM	#1
cj-design Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: England Posts: 378	URL Cleanup (&, ? to / ) Hi, Sites like amazon have what look like static pages for example: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...268978-5527820 but these pages are infact dynamic as amazon has some sort of rewrite module installed to convert the /'s to & (variables). If I wanted to change my PHP pages in this way using apache, how would I do it? From this: http://www.mysite.com/?page=articles...002&date=today to this: www.mysite.com/page=articles/id=10002/date=today

12-28-2003, 03:03 PM	#4
pornanza Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East Village Posts: 238	you need to use mod_rewrite place a .htaccess file in the directory, generally the root directory. .htaccess -------------------------- RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L] RewriteRule ^([0-9a-z]+)/?$ index.php?variable=$1 [L] is a basic example anything in the () that matches the regular expression is placed in $1, if you have another () then $2 will exist take a look at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html i'm still pretty new to it, so i hope this all makes sense hope it helps ryan __________________ Eskimo Hoe QuickWank Pornanza!

12-29-2003, 02:43 AM	#6
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12-29-2003, 05:23 PM	#7
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