Mod Rewrite.

[phpSensei]

This is actually my first ever using Mod Rewrite, I was finally convinced by people to make my urls (e.g. ?u=Xwer3wr&e=2;c&user=2&ac=1) cleaner.

 

So instead of using "http://www.website.com/users/?user=John" I would like it to be "http://www.website.com/users/John"..

 

So I got this little Mod Rewrite which I don't know if it is correct, I tried it and no luck.

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteMap      user-to-host   txt:/path/to/map.user-to-host

RewriteRule   ^/u/([^/]+)/?(.*)   http://${user-to-host:$1|server0}/u/$1/$2

RewriteRule   ^/([uge])/([^/]+)/?$          /$1/$2/.www/
RewriteRule   ^/([uge])/([^/]+)/([^.]+.+)   /$1/$2/.www/$3\

 

How would the code know if John is really a username or anything...

 

or

 

I want it to read ?username=John as John only, and so I can use the index.php file to validate the name.

 

edit: Yay, I got back to programming.... It really hunts you back after awhile

[phpSensei]

haha, I didnt know this section existed, sorry it was in the PHP section.

[powerspike]

RewriteRule ^users/([A-Za-z0-9]+)/$ users/index.php?user=$1 [L,NC]

 

http://www.website.com/users/John/

 

i think that will do what you are asking

 

it'll take the username out of the above url and put it in $1 for you.