is this code correct?

[jacko310592]

hey guys,

 

is the following rewrite rule correct for allowing "mysite.com/user/USERNAME"  from the full address of  "mysite.com/user/index.php?USERNAME

 

#Rewrite URL for User Profile, from /user/index.php?USERNAME to /user/USERNAME
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?$ user/index.php?$1 [NC,L]

 

...it seems to be working fine, but im no good with expressions or rewriting in general so i thought id make sure its 100% fine and with no extra bits that arent needed.

 

oh, and the 'USERNAME' can only be letters (A-Z, a-z), numbers (0-9) and underscores.

 

thanks

[cags]

I'm not entirely sure on the use of the question mark at the end of the matching pattern, but other than that seems fine.

[jacko310592]

so should it be like this...

"RewriteRule ^user/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ user/index.php?$1 [NC,L]"

?

 

thanks cags

[jacko310592]

ive decided that i actually need this rewrite code to accept any characters so i can filter incorrect usernames on the actual page, instead of it throwing a 404 error once a username with the wrong characters is entered.

 

so far i have this:

RewriteRule ^profile/(.*)$ profile/index.php?$1 [NC,L]

...but this gives a 403 error if a url with characters such as * " %  are included.

 

can someone please tell me how to change this code to allow any characters to be entered into the username part of the url

 

thanks

[cags]

RewriteRule ^user/(.+)/?$ user/index.php?$1 [NC,L]

[jacko310592]

thanks cags, but this still gives me 403 and 400 errors (depending on what symbols i try using in the url),

is there somthing else im missing to allow all characters?

 

thanks

[cags]

What characters are you trying to use? Many characters aren't valid URL characters.

[jacko310592]

i tried testing it with %, " and *

[jacko310592]

okay, i have another problem now =/

this is the folder structure of /user/....

 

/user/

/user/index.php            <--- this is the index page within the user folder i am wanting to be rewritten

/user/USERNAME1/        <--- each user gets a folder, this folder contains images etc

 

now it seems with the rewrite rule that was suggest above, the images arent being found.

 

can this problem be solved?

 

thanks

 

[cags]

You need to use fully qualified static URLs for the images/styles.

[jacko310592]

ive been using absolute URLs,

as im running the site locally at the moment, the URLs ive been using are like as follows:

 

"D:/xampp/htdocs/user/USERNAME/40cabc290f43631cb4a7844790b1f2f8.png"

 

is this wrong?

[cags]

So you actually have a folder on your server for every user?

[cags]

Nevermind, it's because you wanted to match ALL characters, therefore 'user/USERNAME/40cabc290f43631cb4a7844790b1f2f8.png' matches and is redirected. Try this instead.

 

RewriteRule ^user/([^/]+)/?$ user/index.php?$1 [NC,L]

[jacko310592]

yeah, when i user signs up, php will make a folder with their username under the folder /user/

 

(and to add to my previous reply, ive also tried url such as: "http://localhost/user/USERNAME/40cabc290f43631cb4a7844790b1f2f8.png")

 

 

 

and thanks, that last code seems to have worked.... havnt got time to test it properly at the moment, my tea is ready xD

 

thanks for all the help cags