Re-route?

[le007]

Say a direct link is:

 

www.mywebsite.com/index.php?locate=register

 

where in my functions.php if locate=register include regsiter.php

 

anyone know how to just have it as:

 

www.mywebsite.com/register?

 

Thanks

[Jessica]

Use mod_rewrite in htaccess.

[le007]

hey jesirose,

 

thanks for the reply - I've VERY new to php, don't get you - any examples?

[Jessica]

It's not just PHP. If you google it you'll find lots of tutorials on using mod_rewrite with php.

[le007]

Hey,

 

thanks. I've googled it - looks pretty tricky tho  ??? I only need the 1 address re-routed which is awkward but still needed

[phat_hip_prog]

There's another forum which some kind soul will help you with it!

http://forum.modrewrite.com/

[Jessica]

If you're only ever going to do that one address, why don't you just make the contents of : index.php?locate=register on an index page in a register folder?

[le007]

Thats a good idea, however; my entire website is a 3 column layout with the middle changing through locate. The rest remains static PLUS I've just realised I'll need 33 in total changes!

 

I read an article and came up with this:

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^register$ index.php?locate=register

 

Not sure where or what to save the .htaccess file as

[phat_hip_prog]

This will work in your root directory, directing everything to index.php, adding the request to the 'local'. e.g. if you called 'www.mywebsite.com/register' it would really call 'www.mywebsite.com/index.php?local=register':

 

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?local=$1 [QSA,L]		#	files in home dir only

[phat_hip_prog]

You can have a .htaccess file in each directory. Basically it's a per directory directives for your server. Make sure your server has this functionality turned on. The dot (.) in front of the file means it hidden (on unix), just save it as a text file (no extension, just named as '.htaccess')

[le007]

Hey phat_hip_prog,

thanks for your help buddy. I tried this:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^register$ index.php?locate=register

 

Saved this as .htaccess in the same directory as index.php and it worked.

 

I don't really get your code:

RewriteEngine on

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteBase /

 

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?local=$1 [QSA,L] # files in home dir only

 

although I see what you're saying about saving in each directory.

[phat_hip_prog]

You 'can' have one in every/any directory, there's lot's more you can do with them like password protect, custom error pages, etc...

 

You'll get some info here, .htaccess files use same directives as the apache conf file:

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/configuring.html

[le007]

Ok I'll have a look - thanks again!