[SOLVED] Mod Rewrite alternative?

[amwd07]

I have tried to use htaccess to get the following to work with or without trailing slash

maybe there is another way to do this via PHP ???

 

Currently the following rule works but only without the trailing slash

#RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/([^.]+)$ /dynamic.php?feature=$1&section=$2 [L]

 

www.example.co.uk/$1

www.example.co.uk/$1/$2  /// these 2 work

 

www.example.co.uk/$1/

www.example.co.uk/$1/$2/  /// these ones don't & unfortuntly google results show the trailing slash

 

the error displayed with trailing slash:

You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 1

 

I'm not sure if this is a PHP issue or Htaccess (possibly both?)

previous modrewite post here http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,195423.0.html

 

[BlueSkyIS]

i would strip off the trailing slash via htaccess, then the non-slash rules should work.

[amwd07]

Thank you for your reply

I have tried doing this but it effects the other rule, but your right it removes the trailing slash but for some reason the dining rule now fails ?

 

#Removes trailing slash from URL

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ /dynamic.php?feature=$1 [L]

 

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/dining dining.php?town=$1 [L]

[BlueSkyIS]

maybe you need to define dining as the end of the string?

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/dining$ /dining.php?town=$1 [L]

 

[amwd07]

I now getting an Internal Server Error for the entire site?

[amwd07]

sorry my mistake no internal serve error mispelt one of the words.

still not working with this rule

[BlueSkyIS]

 

you'll need to move the dining line above the other one because the other one matches anything, so dining will never be reached unless it is first.

 

 

#Removes trailing slash from URL

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/dining$ /dining.php?town=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ /dynamic.php?feature=$1 [L]

 

[amwd07]

Genius it works 

 

the only other small issue is with the bottom 2 lines the first rule works but the second one doesn't ?

 

#Removes trailing slash from URL

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/dining$ /dining.php?town=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^dining/([^.]+)-([^.]+)\.php$ dining.php?county=$1&town=$2 [R,L]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/eatingout/([^.]+) eatingout.php?town=$1&accountname=$2 [L]

 

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ /dynamic.php?feature=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^([^.]+)/([^.]+)$ /dynamic.php?feature=$1&section=$2 [L]

[BlueSkyIS]

try switching the order of the bottom 2.

 

^([^.]+)$ will be a much broader match, so it needs to go second.

[amwd07]

Simple but effective works 10/10 for support

Thank you BlueSky 

[amwd07]

where is the option for Topic solved?