A new question regarding multiple pages links?

[man5]

I have question regarding the setup of url for multiple pages.

 

For eg. How does one have a setup like this?

http://www.groupon.ca/deals/gatineau_en/Antirouille-Metropolitain/35853918

The setup I have is like this.

//Page 1 with posts shown in a specific catagory. 
www.mysite.ca/posts_cat.php?catagoryId=1

//Page 2 with a single post shown. 
www.mysite.ca/posts.php?title=this is my  post

As you can see, my url setup is quite different than Groupon's.  I am not sure if it's the correct way to do it; but it does work. The reason I have two different pages for posts are because I have two different css designs.

 

I suppose my question is, is my method ok? And how do I make it so it looks like Groupon's way?

 

 

[Ch0cu3r]

Yes those types of urls are possible when using mod_rewrite

[man5]

Great. That's what I was looking for.  Thank you!

[man5]

Alright so I am trying to modify the url with mod_rewrite in .htaccess.

 

Here is an example. Tell me if it's wrong.

localhost/demo/post.php?title=my post title here

RewriteRule ^post/([^/\.]+)/?$ post.php?title=$1 [L]

If it's correct, it doesn't seem to work.

[Ch0cu3r]

You need to make sure you are outputting your urls like

<a href="http://localhost/demo/post/my post title here">my post title here</a>

not as

<a href="http://localhost/demo/post.php?title=my post title here">my post title here</a>

[man5]

sorry for the late reply. I tried to figure this out on my own, so far so luck.

 

The urls I have are actually directory based. Like this.

<a href="posts.php?title=my post title here">Post one</a>

Can you please show me the rewrite code that outputs the above to what you mentioned?

 

And here is my .htaccess file.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule .* - [L]

Thanks.

Edited March 22, 2014 by man5

[kicken]

Can you please show me the rewrite code that outputs the above to what you mentioned?

That's not what mod_rewrite is for. You need to update your web pages yourself to output your friendly URL so the HTML source code received by the browser actually reads as

<a href="/demo/post/my post title here">my post title here</a>

mod_rewrite will then translate that back to your un-friendly url of

/demo/posts.php?title=my+post+title+here

If you don't update your code to output the friendly URLs in the first place, the the whole mod_rewrite setup is mostly pointless. Edited March 22, 2014 by kicken