.htaccess issue

polarisdigital · #1 03-08-2006, 04:46 AM

I have searched through the forum and can't find an answer to this problem. So I am hoping someone on here can help me.

I have a site that navigates of requests to

Code:

http://mydomain.com/index.php?section=<sectionname>&page=<pagename>

I am trying to create a .htaccess file so that the url above looks like the one below to everyone else:

Code:

http://mydomain.com/<sectionname>/<pagename>

but I am having a little trouble. With rewrite on I would have assumed that a line like the one below would have worked, but I'm not having much luck.

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.+)/(.+) /index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L]

Can anyone help please? I'm pully my hair out here. Thank you

Serra · #2 03-08-2006, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polarisdigital

I have searched through the forum and can't find an answer to this problem. So I am hoping someone on here can help me.

I have a site that navigates of requests to

Code:

http://mydomain.com/index.php?section=<sectionname>&page=<pagename>

I am trying to create a .htaccess file so that the url above looks like the one below to everyone else:

Code:

http://mydomain.com/<sectionname>/<pagename>

but I am having a little trouble. With rewrite on I would have assumed that a line like the one below would have worked, but I'm not having much luck.

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.+)/(.+) /index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L]

Can anyone help please? I'm pully my hair out here. Thank you

So what is the problem? When you go to

Code:

http://mydomain.com/<sectionname>/<pagename>

you don't get

Code:

http://mydomain.com/index.php?section=<sectionname>&page=<pagename>

because it doesn't work the other way around... you can't go to the second one and get shown the first.

polarisdigital · #3 03-08-2006, 08:00 AM

It seems to be picking up the first request for section, but not the request for page.

I am running a PHP diagnostic script to test it, which outputs the $_GET['section'] and $_GET['page'] values. It seems to have no problem picking up the section request, but not the page request.

polarisdigital · #4 03-08-2006, 08:08 AM

OK, my mistake. It is working as it should as long as both /<section>/<page> are included.

If I just give /<section> the page fails. I have built a defaulting page into the script if the section is given, but if I leave out the <page> section I get a standard 404 error (Not Found).

If I enter /<section// then it does work. Is there a way of making the .htaccess work as desired even if the <page> attribute is not included in the URL?

Serra · #5 03-08-2006, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polarisdigital

OK, my mistake. It is working as it should as long as both /<section>/<page> are included.

If I just give /<section> the page fails. I have built a defaulting page into the script if the section is given, but if I leave out the <page> section I get a standard 404 error (Not Found).

If I enter /<section// then it does work. Is there a way of making the .htaccess work as desired even if the <page> attribute is not included in the URL?

Just add another line without the page on it. It will use that one instead.

polarisdigital · #6 03-08-2006, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Serra

Just add another line without the page on it. It will use that one instead.

Thank you for you help. I tried you suggestion and got an Apache internal error. When I reverted, things were working again, so I think that was an invalid statement.

Could you post an example of what you were suggesting, if its not too much trouble.

Kind regards

microscripts.net · #7 03-09-2006, 01:40 PM

Use this rewrite rule:

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ /index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L]

Serra · #8 03-09-2006, 07:31 PM

Ok, that works, but why it solve the problem? I guess I don't understand how all of that relates to the /. I see that the (.*) means those are now optional, but doesn't the / still cause a problem?

Why wouldn't adding this work?

RewriteRule (.+) /index.php?section=$1 [L]

microscripts.net · #9 03-09-2006, 07:40 PM

Because then you could get something like /index.php?section=timmy/index.php?someothershit

or

/index.php?section=http://www.comcast.net

etc.

to limit it even more you could add .html to the call

Code:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ /index.php?section=$1&page=$2 [L]

and call it as http://mydomain.com/<sectionname>/<pagename>.html

Serra · #10 03-10-2006, 09:19 AM

Ok, would that work for both?

http://domain.com.index.php?section=1&page=2
and
http://domain.com.index.php?section=1

Where one would be

/section/page/

and the other would be

/section/

Birmingham · #11 03-21-2008, 08:10 AM

cheers guys ive been strggling wth this.... htaccess url rewrites is new to me and my script jst wasnt working bt that little line by microscripts.net got me on my way. thanks!