mod_rewrite, where to start

[dazzclub]

Hello all,

 

I have a site im working and it has some urls that i would to give a make over.

 

one url is http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers.php?products=thermometers

 

I would like to turn this into http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers/room/

 

Here is what i have so far in my .htaccess file

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/(.*)/(.*)/thermometers.php?products=thermometers$ http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers/room/

 

I am currently running this locally, so when i can do it i can then make the neccessary changes to the live site.

 

Thanks, any help or tips would be nice.

 

Dazzclub

[trq]

You have your rule completely around the wrong way.

 

You want to write...

 

http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers/room/

 

to

 

/thermometers.php?products=thermometers

 

if this is the exact rule you wish to rewrite its simple.

 

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/thermometers/room$ thermometers.php?products=thermometers

 

Most people however will want to make there rules more dynamic in nature.

[dazzclub]

Hi there,

 

Thanks for your reply and your help.

 

Let me just confirm things, the orginal url is http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers.php?products=thermometers but if possible turn it into http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers.php/products/thermometers or just http://www.colourchange.com/thermometers.php/products/

 

As it stands, i only have a few urls that need changing like this.

 

Is this possible?

 

Thanks for your help.