adding a .php page on sign up

[almightyegg]

when somebody signs up to my site they are given an address like www.mysite.com/username but I would like to add a file aswell as the directory (i can make the directory fine) and the file will be a redirect to the mainsite. Is there anyway to add a file to it? ???

[ted_chou12]

1. what kind of file do you want to add (please give the file type extension, is it like .txt, .html, .php or/....?etc?)

2. where about do you want to place this file?

TEd

[almightyegg]

.php and when somebody signs up they will get: mysite.com/username and i would like the file to be index.php in that directory so mysite.com/username/index.php

[tarun]

Ive Come Up With This

 

$newfile = "username/$username.php"; 
$file_pointer1 = fopen("$newfile", "a"); 
fwrite($file_pointer1, "content"); 
fclose($file_pointer1);

[ted_chou12]

<?php
$file = fopen("$username/index.php","w");$write = fwrite($file,'
<?php 
//your php page contents
?>');fclose($file);
?>

one thing to notice, becareful when you are locating your index.php file, since you have just created your username folder, therefore, you have to use the same variable to locate it, noticed i used "$username".

Ted

[tarun]

Also How Do You Create Directorys

Beacause Thats Something Ive Wanted To Know

But I Havent Got Round To It

 

Thnx,

Tarun

[marcus]

You could use mod rewrite

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^users/([^/]*)$.php /users.php?user=$1

 

$1 would be ?user=USERNAME

[almightyegg]

some of these ideas dont make much sense to me, and the omnes that do, I've tried and they come up with errors any other ideas?

[Jessica]

mod_rewrite is really the best solution for what you want to do. Here is a great article:

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-url-rewriting

[almightyegg]

where would i find my httpd.conf file  :-X I can't find it in my files. There is .htaccess and .errorlog but no httpd.conf

[almightyegg]

Also How Do You Create Directorys

Beacause Thats Something Ive Wanted To Know

But I Havent Got Round To It

 

mkdir()

[Balmung-San]

where would i find my httpd.conf file  :-X I can't find it in my files. There is .htaccess and .errorlog but no httpd.conf

 

Assuming a Linux machine, it's usually under /etc/httpd/httpd.conf, however this differs based on the environment. As well, your web host may not allow you to edit it. I have no idea where the file resides on Windows, but I think it's in the apache directory.

[almightyegg]

it's not there. Maybe my host doesn't allow it then. Is there any raw code I could use instead to auto redirect www.mysite.com/username to www.mysite.com/profile.php?id=userid ???

[Jessica]

Did you try using mod_rewrite? It might already be enabled...move on to the next step in the article, or call your host.

[Balmung-San]

Wasn't there an article on the main site recently about clean urls without mod rewrite? That involves custom error pages though, so if your host doesn't allow them (though most do), that won't work either.

[almightyegg]

Did you try using mod_rewrite? It might already be enabled...move on to the next step in the article, or call your host.

 

i thought everything was done in the httpd.conf file???

 

Wasn't there an article on the main site recently about clean urls without mod rewrite? That involves custom error pages though, so if your host doesn't allow them (though most do), that won't work either.

 

I have custom error pages yes, do you know where this article is?

[Balmung-San]

http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials/149/0.php

 

There you go.

[Jessica]

Did you try using mod_rewrite? It might already be enabled...move on to the next step in the article, or call your host.

 

i thought everything was done in the httpd.conf file???

 

No, it's done in the htaccess file.

[almightyegg]

how do you use the htaccess file? I tried opening it but I don't have the software...

[Balmung-San]

how do you use the htaccess file? I tried opening it but I don't have the software...

 

.htaccess is just a plain text file. You can open it with any text editor.

[almightyegg]

nope...I just did that and some of it is understandable  but some is all squiggles and ascii symbols

[Balmung-San]

nope...I just did that and some of it is understandable  but some is all squiggles and ascii symbols

 

That's part of how .htaccess works. For example:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^users/([^/]*)$.php /users.php?user=$1

 

from the first page would rewrite anything from the /their_username/ folder with a .php extension to users.php?user=their_username. At least I believe that's how I understood the post.

[almightyegg]

oh this is so god damn confusing!!

would I not have to label the folder with the username varible too??

 

Are you sure there's no simple way to redirect www.mysite.com/username to www.mysite.com/userpage.php?id=$userid

 

that's why I originally was going to create a file on sign up in their directory called index.php whihc would redirect but most people said I'd need mod_rewrite for that too 

[Balmung-San]

Actually, that article I pointed you to would do just what you need.

 

Just make your 404 page, then strip the URI like it says, and redirect to www.mysite.com/userpage.php?id=$stripped_uri_var.

[almightyegg]

but even that confused me. I will browse the net for some script or other