6 replies to this topic

[TheAlex]

I'd like anything in the following format:

http://www.example.co.uk/photos.php?main=romania&sub=transylvania

To show as:

http://www.example.co.uk/photos/romania/transylvania

Here's my code (the 301 to www. works fine):

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{http_host} ^example.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^photos/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/$ photos.php?main=$1&sub=$2

I wondered if there's a conflict because my page is called photos.php and the start of the rule is 'photos'? I've tried a different filename but it still didn't work. I've looked at various guides online and still find myself stuck.

Thanks for any help.

Edited by TheAlex, 07 December 2012 - 04:11 PM.

[tam]

It's not something I'm familiar with but is it the trailing slash? It looks like you are looking for it to end in a slash but your eg doesn't have a slash after Transylvania.

[TheAlex]

That still doesn't work, but you're right that I don't want it to end with a stroke.

Revised to:

RewriteRule ^photos/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ photos.php?main=$1&sub=$2

[glyn]

My advice is write to your host and ask, no server is the same.

[TheAlex]

So here's the face-palm of the day...I contacted my host and tam's suggestion had fixed it, but I was expecting it to redirect automatically and hadn't checked the reformed link. Oops. I've only used the easy rewrite module in IIS before so that's my excuse.

[tam]

Glad it worked

I think this line
[a-zA-Z0-9]
is saying letters and numbers only, which will need changing if you want to use a hyphen too. Googling, I think swapping to this might do it...

[a-zA-Z0-9-]

[TheAlex]

I have another quick question on this. I've decided it'd be easier to code the website if I included the ID. The reason I didn't before is because I didn't want a number in the URL.

Is it possible to have

http://www.example.co.uk/photos.php?main=romania&sub=transylvania?id=100

Show as:

http://www.example.co.uk/photos/romania/transylvania

while still being able to access the ID querystring?

I've set my rule as:

RewriteRule ^photos/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)(.*)$ photos.php?main=$1&sub=$2&id=$3

but can't access the ID from the PHP.

I know that won't work because the rewrite makes it look like the ID is part of the 'sub' querystring, but if there's a way to do it without there being a stroke at the end of the URL I'd love to know.

Thanks again.

Edited by TheAlex, 05 January 2013 - 07:48 AM.