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that works great!  but can I get it to work with say www.mysite.com/john_moore or other charaters? if so what would the code be

This code has been helpful for me but I am having a problem.  I have set the code up as follows: RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 So is they type www.mysite.com/johndoe it will take them to johndoe's page on our site.  But the problem I have is if a member signs up with member name mark2000 the code will not work.  How can i set it up to work with numbers?

I need to get this code to do more: RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z]+)$ profile.php?ID=$1 It now works so if they type www.mysite.com/johndoe it will take them to johndoe's page on our site.  But the problem I have is if a member signs up with member name mark2000 the code will not work.  How can i set it up to work with numbers or symbols?

I am having some difficulties with this program I am using.  I have my site up and running and I am trying to ad a modification so when users set up a page on my site they can use there member name as a subdomain such as mysite.com/membername  similar to myspace.  Cuurently there member page shows there address like this http://gayitalk.com/profile.php?ID=23 , I downloaded the modification from online and where given these directiongs 1. Make sure you have compiled your Apache server with rewrite_module support and it's loaded in server configuration file (httpd.conf by default). 2. If you already have .htaccess file in your site script directory, then append it with this .htaccess file content. 3. If you haven't .htaccess file yet, then just copy it in your script root directory. 4. Copy rewrite_name.php file to script root directory also. 5. Enjoy it! :) I am having trouble.  My host server responded with this when I asked them for help. Thank you for contacting Online Support. The Apache server comes with the rewrite_module supported by default. You would need to check the httpd.conf file on your own. Now I am just lost.  I uploaded the file they gave me in the download to my server.  Here is what the file (rewrite_name.php) includes in it. ******************/ @list($url, $vars) = explode('?', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); if( $url == '/' ) { require_once('index.php'); exit; } $urlArr = explode('/', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']); $rewriteNick = (strlen(trim($urlArr[count($urlArr) - 1])) ? $urlArr[count($urlArr) - 1] : $urlArr[count($urlArr) - 2]); if ( !get_magic_quotes_gpc() ) { $rewriteNick = addslashes($rewriteNick); } require_once( "inc/header.inc.php" ); require_once( "{$dir['inc']}db.inc.php" ); $profArr = db_arr( "SELECT `ID` FROM `Profiles` WHERE `NickName` LIKE '{$rewriteNick}' AND `Status` = 'Active'" ); if ($profArr) { $_REQUEST['ID'] = $profArr['ID']; require_once( "{$dir['root']}profile.php" ); exit(); } else { header("Location: {$site['url']}index.php"); } ?>