[SOLVED] Different URL style

[regdude]

Hi!

I have been noticing that many websites have this kind of a URL: http://web.com/user/someone123

Wanted to know what is this thing called?

[wildteen88]

This is archived using mod_rewrite

[regdude]

Isn't this possible with other HTTP servers? like lighttpd? it also has mod_rewrite.

And isn't this dangerous to use mod_rewrite? As I remeber there was a remote exploit using this module.

[trq]

Yes, Lighttp has a mod_rewrite implimentaion.

 

Being open-source software whatever expliots are found are generally patched within hours.

[regdude]

Ok, I did a simple thing, products.php:

<?php
echo $_GET['id'];
?>

.htaccess:

RewriteRule ^/products/([0-9]+) /products.php?id=$1

When I enter http://localhost/products/1 - it should return value 1, but it doesn't.

Btw, is it safe using this way?

[wildteen88]

Btw, is it safe using this way?

It as safe as the original url. All you're doing is making your urls cleaner. You still need to sanitize your data as you would normally.

 

As for why its not working remove the caret symbol ^ from your rewrite rule:

RewriteRule /products/([0-9]+) /products.php?id=$1