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Need help redirecting a non-existent directory...


gtridez

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Hey,
I would like to know if anyone knows how to make a non-existent directory redirectoy redirect to ...lets say a profile...
for example like how it is done on myspace.com ....where they hape [a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/user\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.myspace.com/user[/a]
and that then redirects to the users profile...
any help would be greatly appreciated...

thanks alot
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As far as know, what you believe to be used on myspace can't be done (if I understand correctly). It's simply because a webserver doesn't "make up" directories. An index file can redirect, or maybe they use url masking, but generally what you ask can't be done.
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[!--quoteo(post=376761:date=May 24 2006, 11:01 PM:name=gtridez)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(gtridez @ May 24 2006, 11:01 PM) [snapback]376761[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
Hey,
I would like to know if anyone knows how to make a non-existent directory redirectoy redirect to ...lets say a profile...
for example like how it is done on myspace.com ....where they hape [a href=\"http://www.myspace.com/user\" target=\"_blank\"]http://www.myspace.com/user[/a]
and that then redirects to the users profile...
any help would be greatly appreciated...

thanks alot
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user appache mod_rewrite module.....

create an .htaccess file at your root directory, and put this code in it:
[code]RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^user$ userProfile.php [NC,L][/code]
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[!--quoteo(post=377271:date=May 26 2006, 06:44 AM:name=burhankhan)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(burhankhan @ May 26 2006, 06:44 AM) [snapback]377271[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--]
user appache mod_rewrite module.....

create an .htaccess file at your root directory, and put this code in it:
[code]RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^user$ userProfile.php [NC,L][/code]
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hey..thanx...
yes i was informed to use the mod_rewrite rule and i have already found a solution....similar to yours...thanks alot tho!
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I am not sure if i get you but you could edit your 404 page so taht if the page is not found then you have the 404 page

contain
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="2;URL=http://www.pagetogoto.com">

and where content is the number of second to wait for the redirect 0 for instant let me know if this helps
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