mod_rewrite directory list?

[mathewjenkinson]

Is it possible to use mod_rewrite totally rewrite URLS that exist in the same folder?

so:

folder/index.php?id=110 comes out as: folder/education.php

 

and

folder/index.php?id=120 comes out as: folder/research.php

 

Im assuming you would have to have a list in the .htacess file that references each file name, or is that rubbish? or could I use data from a mysql db to populate the name?

 

So:

folder/index.php?id=110 reads the title 'education' from the row in question and then fills that in as folder/education.php

[mathewjenkinson]

Ive had a go following some tutorials but I cant seem to get the url rewrite to work,

can anyone have a quick look and help identify where ive gone wrong?:

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\index.html$ index.php?id=100 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\education.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=110 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\research.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=120 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\grants_awards.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=130 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\national_societies.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=140 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\newsletter.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=150 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\news.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=160 [L]

RewriteRule ^/?whatwedo\events.html$ whatwedo/index.php?id=170 [L]

 

 

Thank you very much,

 

[gffg4574fghsDSGDGKJYM]

Try this :

 

Options +FollowSymLinks

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^whatwedo\/index\.html$ /index.php?id=100 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^whatwedo\/education\.html$ /index.php?id=110 [NC,L]
...
</IfModule>

 

The first / is always present in all URL and remove before rewriterule, don't include it in your regular expression. You need to escape both / (slash) and . (dot). And don't use that \ (backslash) as a separator for domainname/directory/file it's always this / (slash).  And i added [NC] in the flag, mean no case (case insensitive).