[jac2703]

Hi all,

Question on .htaccess if i may..

I am wanting to redirect all requests on:

http://domain.com/userid/

to:

http://domain.com/index.php?uid=userid

i currently have:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?uid=$1
RewriteRule (.*)/ index.php?uid=$1

However this does not seem to work. I am not woried about any form of error checking as i will do this in index.php.

Do i need to edit index.php in any way?

Could anybody help?

Thank you

James

[Nico]

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([\d]+)\/?$ index.php?uid=$1

[jac2703]

Hi Nico

Thanks for taking your time to help. Is there any chance you could just break down your post so i can understand each part? Sorry to bug you but too many people just want it done for them. I try to be the opposite.

Thanks again.

James

[Nico]

Yes, sorry. Sometimes I'm lazy explaining.

Code:

^   - searches from the beginning from the string
(   - Opens a group (So we can catch the value and get it with $1
[   - Opens a new group. All characters in here are allowed. If it doesn't match here, it won't be rewritten.
\d  - \d stands for a unique numeric value.
]   - Closes the allowed characters group.
+   - If we don't put this it will only search for one number. The plus allows any length.
)   - Closes the first group
\/  - Stands for an escaped slash which we search for.
?   - Makes the previous character or group optional (The slash in this case)
$   - Searches from the end of the string.

[jac2703]

Thanks thats great!

The file doesnt seem to work however. If i enter http://domain.com/123/ i get a 404 error.

[Nico]

I just tested it locally, and it works just fine for me. Do you have the .htaccess file in the root directory?

[bizzar528]

If your using a private server (not shared hosting) you also have to turn AllowOverride to All (in httpd.conf) instead of None... If that helps...

[jac2703]

Thanks both.

I am using shared hosting and mod_rw is enabled and working. Its weird because if i play about with it i do get some results but few desireable.

the file is in /home/username/public_html/subdomain_filder/.htaccess where the subdomain root is /home/username/public_html/subdomain_filder.

Are there any vairiations between versions? I am usint apache 1.3.x but am unable to find mod_rw version.

Now i am making the file correctly?! uploading a file with what you wrote above as the content (and nothing else). I am then calling the file ".htaccess". Is this correct? do i need to do anything to the index.php other than $_GET['uid']?

Thank you.

James

[jac2703]

OK. So the following works as a test:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule $ index.php?uid=$1 [R]

i am re-directed to index.php?uid=

It seems to my the ^([\d]+)\/?$ part which it doesnt like. i will have another go tomorrow.

[Nico]

Hm, I can't find anything wrong with it. The only idea I have is this:

Code:

^([\d]+)(/)?$