.htaccess Question?

[scm22ri]

Hi,

 

I have a question regarding .htaccess.

 

I'm attempting to make pretty URLS. I'm almost half way there but I can't quite seem to figure how to add a "dash" - to certain keywords.

 

On the below page

http://whatsmyowncar...cle-display.php

 

How would I turn

http://whatsmyowncar...th.com/new york

into

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/new-york

 

Below is my .htaccess file. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)$ state.php?state=$1 [L]

[mrMarcus]

Prepend the hyphen:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z_]+)$ state.php?state=$1 [L]

 

Or, escape it:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_\-]+)$ state.php?state=$1 [L]

[scm22ri]

Hey Marcus,

 

Thanks for the help. I did what you said and the URL links work now but the data isn't showing up on my website. Could this be because of the htaccess file?

 

http://whatsmyowncar...om/rhode-island

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/new-york

 

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z_]+)$ state.php?state=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)$ city-breakdown.php?state=$1&city=$2 [L]

Edited December 15, 2012 by scm22ri

[Christian F.]

If your script uses the GET parameter to find the city, and you haven't updated your scripts to handle the change from " " to "-", then kind of: It's not because of the .htaccess itself, but the changes you did to enable its use.

In any case, you'll have to verify the received GET-parameters against what your code expects, and either make the code replace the hyphen with a space or (even better) save the new link-title in the DB and use it instead.

[scm22ri]

Hey Guys,

 

Thanks a lot for helping me out with .htaccess. It's working but for some reason my CSS isn't working? It seems the city pages aren't displaying properly.

 

I'm not sure what the problem is, could it even be my CSS? or perhaps it's my .htaccess?

 

What do you guys think?

 

(state page is fine)

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island

 

(city pages aren't displaying my CSS)

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island/cranston

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island/cumberland

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island/east_providence

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island/east_greenwhich

http://whatsmyowncarworth.com/rhode_island/exeter

[Jessica]

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">

 

You need to use the full path to the css file, since you don't have a folder called the state's name.