clearmind Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Hello! I'm using .htaccess for rewrite rules, everything works fine, i want to add a new rule but it seems impossible to make it work... this is the original link: highlights.php?heraklion&city_guide and this is the link after the desired rewriting rule: crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide I think it must be something with the "&" character....but i can't figure out... I'm completelly stuck on this... Thanks for any help This is my existing .htaccess file, the one i want to add the rule: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine On #basic navigation RewriteRule ^excursions/?$ excursions.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/?$ hotels.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^contact/?$ contact.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^tour-reservation/?$ tour_reservation.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^crete-highlights/?$ highlights.php [NC,L] RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([analipsi]+)/?$ hotels.php?analipsi#hotels=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([heraklion]+)/?$ hotels.php?heraklion=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([stalida]+)/?$ hotels.php?stalida=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-highlights/([heraklion]+)/?$ highlights.php?heraklion=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-highlights/([chania]+)/?$ highlights.php?chania=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-highlights/([rethymnon]+)/?$ highlights.php?rethymnon=$1 RewriteRule ^crete-highlights/([lasithi]+)/?$ highlights.php?lasithi=$1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 RewriteRule will only match against the REQUEST_URI, everything after the question mark in the URL is the QUERY_STRING. If you wish to match values from the QUERY_STRING then you will need to use a RewriteCond. Given the information available for your specific example, this would result in an overall pattern something like this... RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} heraklion&city_guide RewriteRule highlights.php crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearmind Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 It doesn't work... the rules are valid apart from that one The page without mod_rewrite is actually(and it works): http://localhost/new/html/highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide The path of the city_guide.php file in the server in that way: htdocs\new\html\highlights\heraklion\city_guide.php Please notice: -"city_guide.php" is in "heraklion" directory. -"city_guide.php" is included in "heraklion.php". -"heraklion.php" is in "highlights" directory. -"heraklion.php" is included in highlights.php -"highlights.php" is in "html" directory. RewriteRule will only match against the REQUEST_URI, everything after the question mark in the URL is the QUERY_STRING. If you wish to match values from the QUERY_STRING then you will need to use a RewriteCond. Given the information available for your specific example, this would result in an overall pattern something like this... RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} heraklion&city_guide RewriteRule highlights.php crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide I'm feeling completely stuck here I would appreciate any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Right, so you don't want to Rewrite highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide to crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide, you actually want to do the reverse? Also many of the patterns you currently have probably don't do what you think they should. In order to help somebody with mod_rewrite succesfully I'll need to know... 1.) The address you wish in the address bar. 2.) The full URL of the file you wish to be displayed (including query_string). 3.) The actual path of the file on the server. and possibly... 4.) What folder the .htaccess file is actually in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearmind Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 Right, so you don't want to Rewrite highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide to crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide, you actually want to do the reverse? Also many of the patterns you currently have probably don't do what you think they should. In order to help somebody with mod_rewrite succesfully I'll need to know... 1.) The address you wish in the address bar. 2.) The full URL of the file you wish to be displayed (including query_string). 3.) The actual path of the file on the server. and possibly... 4.) What folder the .htaccess file is actually in. Yes i want to rewrite highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide to crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide. The .htaccess is in the folder called "html". That's the website's root folder Please keep in mind all the other rules are functioning. URL structure: http://localhost/new/html/highlights.php http://localhost/new/html/highlights/heraklion.php http://localhost/new/html/highlights/heraklion/city_guide.php This is the file structure: htdocs\new\html\highlights.php htdocs\new\html\highlights\heraklion.php htdocs\new\html\highlights\heraklion\city_guide.php also i call the files like this way: heraklion.php is included in highlights.php city_guide.php is included in heraklion.php The full URL is: http://localhost/new/html/crete-highlights?heraklion&city_guide Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 A.) I don't believe that's what you want, because that is the OPPOSITE of every single rule you have so far. You want to rewrite crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide to highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide as I've already said. But hey I guess that's just semantics. B.) I didn't say they wouldn't work, I said they don't do what you think they do, there are dozens of possible URLs that will match them not just the ones you THINK will match them. Take a random pattern as an example... RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([analipsi]+)/?$ hotels.php?analipsi#hotels=$1 The square brackets '[' & ']' denote a character class and the + is a quantifier that says one or more of the characters in the character class. Therefore since analipsi only contains characters within that character class it will work. So will any other combination that only uses characters inside the class. Here's a list of other random characters that would match your pattern just as readily as the ones you want to match... http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/anal/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/p http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lllllllllllllll/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lips C.) You say that's the websites root folder, but judging by the example URLs it is not the DOCUMENT_ROOT. D.) None of the provided links in your last post appear to take the 'pretty' form that you are attempting so I'm still not really any closer to working out what you are trying to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearmind Posted May 13, 2010 Author Share Posted May 13, 2010 A.) I don't believe that's what you want, because that is the OPPOSITE of every single rule you have so far. You want to rewrite crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide to highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide as I've already said. But hey I guess that's just semantics. B.) I didn't say they wouldn't work, I said they don't do what you think they do, there are dozens of possible URLs that will match them not just the ones you THINK will match them. Take a random pattern as an example... RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([analipsi]+)/?$ hotels.php?analipsi#hotels=$1 The square brackets '[' & ']' denote a character class and the + is a quantifier that says one or more of the characters in the character class. Therefore since analipsi only contains characters within that character class it will work. So will any other combination that only uses characters inside the class. Here's a list of other random characters that would match your pattern just as readily as the ones you want to match... http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/anal/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/p http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lllllllllllllll/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lips C.) You say that's the websites root folder, but judging by the example URLs it is not the DOCUMENT_ROOT. D.) None of the provided links in your last post appear to take the 'pretty' form that you are attempting so I'm still not really any closer to working out what you are trying to do. A.) I don't believe that's what you want, because that is the OPPOSITE of every single rule you have so far. You want to rewrite crete-highlights/heraklion/city-guide to highlights.php?heraklion&city-guide as I've already said. But hey I guess that's just semantics. B.) I didn't say they wouldn't work, I said they don't do what you think they do, there are dozens of possible URLs that will match them not just the ones you THINK will match them. Take a random pattern as an example... RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/([analipsi]+)/?$ hotels.php?analipsi#hotels=$1 The square brackets '[' & ']' denote a character class and the + is a quantifier that says one or more of the characters in the character class. Therefore since analipsi only contains characters within that character class it will work. So will any other combination that only uses characters inside the class. Here's a list of other random characters that would match your pattern just as readily as the ones you want to match... http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/anal/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/p http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lllllllllllllll/ http://domain.com/crete-recommended-hotels/lips C.) You say that's the websites root folder, but judging by the example URLs it is not the DOCUMENT_ROOT. D.) None of the provided links in your last post appear to take the 'pretty' form that you are attempting so I'm still not really any closer to working out what you are trying to do. Thanks for the quick reply Pete I think there is a kind of misunderstanding here...i'm sorry about that I'm not so sure my English help here, but clearly i want SEO friendly urls... that means i want to hide query-strings and the php file extension.. so that means to hide "http://localhost/new/html/crete-highlights?heraklion&city_guide" and instead of this i want this: "http://localhost/new/html/crete-highlights/heraklion/city_guide It's blame that the website is running locally, on my computer's web server and you can't see this in action.. I can't understand what is all about the "document root".. Is that true .htaccess file can be placed anywhere i want to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cags Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 .htaccess files contain 'per-directory' settings and can go in any directory in your server. The exact directory used will depend on where the URLs are relative to and to some degree the meaning of the Regex anchors. Given the information you have no provided it would seem that you simply want... RewriteRule ^crete-recommended-hotels/heraklion/city_guide/?$ crete-highlights?heraklion&city_guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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