Not understanding mod_rewrite

[JesseToxik]

hey all,

 

In honesty I have looked at tutorials for creating "pretty links" and I can honestly say I do not understand how to use it.

I am using a navigation system that includes requested files using a URL like http://mysite.com?page=home. What I would like to do is make the links appear as http://mysite.com/page/home. How can I achieve this? I am not asking for the code to be written for me, just help in the right direction. Thanks

[JesseToxik]

This is my .htaccess file.

 

ErrorDocument 404 http://google.com // Google just to test it

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z\-]+)$ /$1/$2.php [L]

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so #AddModule mod_rewrite.c

RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]{4})$ /index.php?page=$1 [L]

[kicken]

RewriteRule ^page/([a-z0-9]+)$ /index.php?page=$1 [L]

That would match your /page/home example and translate it into /index.php?page=home. As far has making it look like /page/home in the browser, you just need to type in the URL that way. When you create your links you need to create them using the new friendly format, not the older query-string format.

 

<a href="/page/home">Go Home</a>

not

<a href="/index.php?page=home">Go Home</a>

[JesseToxik]

I tried adding what you suggested to my .htaccess  and it didnt work.

 

This is what I have.

 

ErrorDocument 404 http://mysite.com/404.php

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z\-]+)$ /$1/$2.php [L]

#LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so #AddModule mod_rewrite.c

RewriteRule ^page/([a-z0-9]+)$ /index.php?page=$1 [L]

[kicken]

Your first RewriteRule

RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)/([a-z\-]+)$ /$1/$2.php [L]

is going to match the /pages/home url first and send the request over to /pages/home.php. You need to either disable that rule or change their orders so the other one matches first.

[JesseToxik]

Ok I got that to work. Whats odd is my style sheet is now not loading. http://cronanpilotcar.byethost33.com/page/home

[JesseToxik]

Ah I figured it out. Thanks for the help.