Stuck with pretty URLs

[insidus]

Im trying to get my head around pretty URLs, but i just can't seem to grasp it.

 

.htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^pretty/([0-9])$ pretty?id=$1 [L]

 

pretty.php

<?php
echo $_GET['id'];
?>
<h1>hi</h1>

 

if i go to http://.....co.uk/pretty  it prints "Hi" and an error cause the GET isn't set,

it does the same if i go to .co.uk/pretty/2

 

How does one use pretty urls within a site?

 

i ready hundreds of sites/tutorials on this, and nothing says how you GET the data from the url

 

.co.uk/pretty.php?id=2 works

[scootstah]

You didn't define a page name for the RewriteRule. It should be something like pretty.php?id=$1

 

Then it should work.

[insidus]

RewriteRule ^pretty/([0-9])$ pretty?id=$1 [L]

 

still didn't work im afraid

 

http://insidus.co.uk/pretty.php?id=2

 

http://insidus.co.uk/pretty/2

[insidus]

http://insidus.co.uk/pretty/?id=2 Works,

so it seems to be with the GET statement maybe?

[scootstah]

This works for me:

.htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^pretty/([0-9]+)$ pretty.php?id=$1 [L]

 

pretty.php

<?php

echo $_GET['id'];

 

http://example.com/pretty/54

 

Gives the output: 54

[insidus]

Turns out, i needed to include -MultiViews in the .htaccess file to get that bit working, but now for my production site, if i do

RewriteRule ^view_job/([0-9]+)$ ./view_job.php?job_id=$1 [L]

 

It loads the page, with the correct 'job', but it doesnt load the CSS file?

 

surely its not needed to make a rewrite to the css aswell?

 

[scootstah]

You have this bit in there right?

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

 

This will exclude files and directories that physically exist from being rewritten.

 

Also, make sure you are using absolute paths to the CSS file including the domain name.