/username instead of ?p=username

[ryanfilard]

How do I make a php script that will use mydomain.com/username instead of mydomain.com/?p=username

[HenryC]

Look up on mod_rewrite there is some good topics on here about it.

[RussellReal]

RewriteRule ^\/(.*)\/(.*)\/.*$ user.php?u=$1&interface=$2

 

example url: mydomain.com/russellreal/pm/

[ryanfilard]

I put

 

RewriteRule ^\/(.*)\/(.*)\/.*$ user/index.php?p=$1&interface=$2

 

in my ht access file.

 

www.ryanweekly.com/cja

 

to

 

www.ryanweekly.com/user/?p=cja

[btherl]

Did it work?  You might also need to switch on the rewrite engine with this line, before the rewrite rule:

 

RewriteEngine On

[ryanfilard]

It did not this is my whole ht file:

 

 

# BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

</IfModule>

 

# END WordPress

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ryanweekly.ryanweekly.com$ [OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ryanweekly.ryanweekly.com$

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^\/(.*)\/(.*)\/.*$ user/index.php?p=$1

 

[btherl]

Those earlier rules may be interfering with the later rule.

 

'-d' (is directory)

Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a directory.

'-f' (is regular file)

Treats the TestString as a pathname and tests if it exists and is a regular file.

 

Anything which doesn't exist as a file or directory is getting rewritten to ./index.php by the WordPress rules.  You can try putting your rules first:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^\/(.*)\/(.*)\/.*$ user/index.php?p=$1

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ryanweekly.ryanweekly.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ryanweekly.ryanweekly.com$

 

I have no idea if that will work as rewrite rules can be quite arcane, but it's worth a try.

[ryanfilard]

It still won't do it. I dont know what I am doing wrong.

[btherl]

I think you'll need to use the debugging features of rewrite rules, as mentioned here: http://blog.logeek.fr/2007/12/31/how-to-debug-rewrite-rules-with-apache

 

Basically it'll create a log telling you how it interpreted your rewrite rules.  By looking at that log you can get an idea of what needs changing.