url rewriting

[jasmeet]

<?php

$query=mysql_query("select * from category where pid=1");

while($result=mysql_fetch_array($query)){ ?>

<a href="space1.php?name=<?php echo $result['name']; ?>"><?php echo $result['name']; ?></a>

<?php } ?>

 

 

in htaccess :

 

RewriteEngine On 

 

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ space.php?name=$1

 

 

not working...

 

 

[dalecosp]

http://www.generateit.net/mod-rewrite/

[Ch0cu3r]

Mod rewrite does not change your urls. It allows you to map fake urls to real ones. You need to change the links in your code so it outouts link in the format that you set your rewriterule to.

 

So change your code (from the old url)

<a href="space1.php?name=<?php echo $result['name']; ?>"><?php echo $result['name']; ?></a>

to (the new url)

<a href="/<?php echo $result['name']; ?>"><?php echo $result['name']; ?></a>

The will output urls like site.com/name

 

The site.com/name url will match the url for the rewriterule, and so when this type of url is request mod_rwrite will actually call site.com/space1.php?name=name

[jazzman1]

@Ch0cu3r, I think, he/she wants to apply rewriting rule from space1.php?name=variable to space.php?name=variable.

The easiest way is to get the query string after the file's extension.

Assuming, the project directory is named: project.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /project/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=([a-zA-Z]*)$
RewriteRule ^space1\.php$ space.php?name=%1 [R=301,L]