Help needed with PHP url rewrite, please.

[gotit]

I need to rewrite my url.
currently it reads like:

/system/listingView.php?listingCode=1029
/system/listingView.php?listingCode=1030
....
/system/listingView.php?listingCode=1050

Spiders might read them all as one page...

I prefere for the url to reflect some variables from the page like Listing_address and/or Listing_style

I have very limited knowledge of html

thanx

[Seraskier]

can  you explain more in detail what you want and your situation

[gotit]

What I want for my URL not to show as bellow.

[s][b]/system/listingView.php?listingCode=1029[/b][/s]

These pages are dynamically generated, so for every new page there is a new number at the end of URL, everything else looks the same.
If I can get the pages to show different, one from the other.

Look at my first post above for URLs readings.

thanx

[Seraskier]

i still dont understand what you are asking.

[doni49]

put the following in your .htaccess file.

[code]
RewriteEngine On
Rewriterule ^system/listing([0-9]+).html$ /system/listingView.php?listingCode=$1
[/code]
Then goto www.mydomain.com/system/listing1029.html

[gotit]

I created a new file in note pad and named it  .htaccess
I put the code in the file
After I uploaded the file in /system folder I took out the .txt extention
Still there is no change to my url

[doni49]

You can't "name it .htaccess" in notepad.  Windows won't allow you to create a file without a name (BEFORE the period).

go into cpanel's file manager and create the file there.

EDIT:  SHOULD have said "can't" above.

[gotit]

By the way, the page title code worked..........thanks for your help


I did that, i named my file .htaccess in notepad 
when i uploaded it with ftp, i see the extention then as .txt   so i deleted this extention there.

Is there another way of creating this file?

[gotit]

and if i want the file in /system directory, do load this file in this directory or else?

[doni49]

[quote author=gotit link=topic=115271.msg469313#msg469313 date=1163726627]
By the way, the page title code worked..........thanks for your help


I did that, i named my file .htaccess in notepad 
when i uploaded it with ftp, i see the extention then as .txt  so i deleted this extention there.

Is there another way of creating this file?


[/quote]

The "other way" is specified above (I'm assuming you have CPanel access to a hosting account).

Windows [size=12pt][b]will not allow[/b] [/size]you to create a file named the way it needs to be named.

The file needs to be named [b].htaccess[/b]--period (with NOTHING before it) followed by htaccess.

[LuckyBambu]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469345#msg469345 date=1163730942]
[quote author=gotit link=topic=115271.msg469313#msg469313 date=1163726627]
By the way, the page title code worked..........thanks for your help


I did that, i named my file .htaccess in notepad 
when i uploaded it with ftp, i see the extention then as .txt  so i deleted this extention there.

Is there another way of creating this file?


[/quote]

The "other way" is specified above (I'm assuming you have CPanel access to a hosting account).

Windows [size=12pt][b]will not allow[/b] [/size]you to create a file named the way it needs to be named.

The file needs to be named [b].htaccess[/b]--period (with NOTHING before it) followed by htaccess.
[/quote]
I'm not sure I heard you correctly. I can go into notepad and save a file as .htaccess without any problem, and upload it and have it work. Why don't you try it?

[doni49]

Windows [color=red][size=20pt][b]will not allow[/b] [/size][/color]you to create a file named the way it needs to be named.

A file [b]MUST[/b] have a file name--the extension (part AFTER the period is optional) but the portion before the period is [b]ABSOULUTELY[/b] required.

[LuckyBambu]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469356#msg469356 date=1163731582]
Windows [color=red][size=20pt][b]will not allow[/b] [/size][/color]you to create a file named the way it needs to be named.

A file [b]MUST[/b] have a file name--the extension (part AFTER the period is optional) but the portion before the period is [b]ABSOULUTELY[/b] required.

[/quote]
Would you like me to record a video of me doing exactly what you say is impossible?

[doni49]

OK I digress.  You seemed so sure of yourself, I decided to try it.  This just goes against EVERYTHING I've ever experienced, read or been taught. 

In notepad's Save As dialog, where it asked for a filename, I typed ".htaccess" (WITH the quotes) and it saved the file.  I was even able to double click on it to open it.

One thing I can tell you with absolute certainty is that creating a new file (in Windows Explorer) and trying to name it that will not work (yes I tried after I saw this work).

EDIT:  Fixed typo.

[gotit]

One thing I don't understand is:
when i creat the file past the code in it and then want to save as--- I simply past ".htaccess" in the file name with nothing following it.
and this file shows as .htaccess on my pc, but once I load it it shows as ".htaccess.txt" on the server. Does that has to do anything with it.

I also tried deleting that .txt on the server.

I do have access to hosting control panel, but there is no option for me to creat a file
these are the options categories:

1and1  is the host

[LuckyBambu]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469359#msg469359 date=1163731740]
Have fun trying.
[/quote]
I'm sorry?

Edit: Uploading to revver... crappy google video quality

[doni49]

OK that one is easy to explain.  In windows you have "hide known extensions" turned on.  Notepad adds the txt extension to a filename if you name it something else.

i.e. if you use Save As and call it test.html, test.html.txt will be created.  But if you enclose the filename in quotes (double--" not single--'), it'll use what you supply as the whole name.  But this thing about STARTING the filename with a period is just FREAKY.

[doni49]

[quote author=gotit link=topic=115271.msg469367#msg469367 date=1163732476]
One thing I don't understand is:
when i creat the file past the code in it and then want to save as--- I simply past ".htaccess" in the file name with nothing following it.
and this file shows as .htaccess on my pc, but once I load it it shows as ".htaccess.txt" on the server. Does that has to do anything with it.

I also tried deleting that .txt on the server.

I do have access to hosting control panel, but there is no option for me to creat a file
these are the options categories:

Domains
E-mail
WebMail
Websites & Applications
Web Space & Access
FTP Account
Quota
Marketing Center
Package Information
Software & Downloads
Order More Features
[/quote]

If they're that restrictive, they may very well have config'd their servers NOT to all the use of .htaccess files.  Who's your provider? 

[LuckyBambu]

Got impatient, so I just uploaded it to Snapdrive. Everything else produced bad quality or took too long.
http://www.snapdrive.net/files/195519/Gee%20Wiz%20Htaccess.avi

This will both correct doni and hopefully help the opener of the thread.

[doni49]

[quote author=LuckyBambu link=topic=115271.msg469385#msg469385 date=1163733909]
Got impatient, so I just uploaded it to Snapdrive. Everything else produced bad quality or took too long.
http://www.snapdrive.net/files/195519/Gee%20Wiz%20Htaccess.avi

This will both correct doni and hopefully help the opener of the thread.
[/quote]
Check page one, I already acknowledged that you were right.

[LuckyBambu]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469388#msg469388 date=1163734049]
[quote author=LuckyBambu link=topic=115271.msg469385#msg469385 date=1163733909]
Got impatient, so I just uploaded it to Snapdrive. Everything else produced bad quality or took too long.
http://www.snapdrive.net/files/195519/Gee%20Wiz%20Htaccess.avi

This will both correct doni and hopefully help the opener of the thread.
[/quote]
Check page one, I already acknowledged that you were right.
[/quote]
And this is why I should pay attention to edits. Sorry for not noticing, haha.

[gotit]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469380#msg469380 date=1163733161]
[quote author=gotit link=topic=115271.msg469367#msg469367 date=1163732476]
One thing I don't understand is:
when i creat the file past the code in it and then want to save as--- I simply past ".htaccess" in the file name with nothing following it.
and this file shows as .htaccess on my pc, but once I load it it shows as ".htaccess.txt" on the server. Does that has to do anything with it.

I also tried deleting that .txt on the server.

I do have access to hosting control panel, but there is no option for me to creat a file
these are the options categories:

Domains
E-mail
WebMail
Websites & Applications
Web Space & Access
FTP Account
Quota
Marketing Center
Package Information
Software & Downloads
Order More Features
[/quote]

If they're that restrictive, they may very well have config'd their servers NOT to all the use of .htaccess files.  Who's your provider? 
[/quote]

1and1 is the provider

[doni49]

This is from 1&1's web site.  It lists which of their packages supports using .htaccess files.

http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/configuring_apache_server_using_htaccess/1.html

[doni49]

and take a look here as well.

http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/configuring_apache_server_using_htaccess/4.html

[gotit]

[quote author=doni49 link=topic=115271.msg469408#msg469408 date=1163736848]
and take a look here as well.

http://faq.1and1.com/scripting_languages_supported/configuring_apache_server_using_htaccess/4.html
[/quote]

This means we can use .htaccess in shared package. Does it? if yes why it's not working for me... :(

code used:

RewriteEngine On
Rewriterule ^system/listing([0-9]+).html$ /system/listingView.php?listingCode=$1