Simple Mod Rewite newbe

[johnsmith153]

I am learning mod rewrites and finding it difficult where to start.

If someone can show me sample code for the following, I think that will help:

(1) Simple redirect when they enter www.site.com/view.html to view the page on the server: www.site.com/pages/view.php

(2) Simple redirect like 1 but to append a variable. So they enter www.site.com/jim-brown and I want it to use www.site.com/profile.php?nm=jim-brown

I know most people will say I need to learn it myself but this will help me start.

[dklynn]

JS,

You might benefit from reading the mod_rewrite tutorial linked in my signature as it contains explanations and sample code. It’s helped may members and should help you, too.

Regards,

DK

[johnsmith153]

No, it’s not helpful. There’s too much. Thanks anyway though.

I just want to learn the basics and expand on that over the next few years.

I’ve seen on another, very simple, tutorial that this redirects one file to another:

RewriteRule ^fileone.html$ filetwo.html

• but I need to know how to do this:

RewriteRule ^{filename}/{variable}$ {filename}.html?var={variable}

I like to learn the basics first one step at a time.

Thanks for taking the time to respond though.

[dklynn]

js,

I have a history of NOT posting code until someone at least makes an attempt. However, let’s say that your pseudo code is “close enough for government work.”

@johnsmith153

RewriteRule ^fileone.html$ filetwo.html

could simply be edited to:

[COLOR="Blue"]RewriteEngine on[/COLOR]
RewriteRule ^fileone[COLOR="Blue"]\\[/COLOR].html$ filetwo.html [COLOR="Blue"][[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]R=301,[/COLOR]L][/COLOR]
[indent]Where the first line is merely getting mod_rewrite ready to go, the \\ merely forces the dot charater to be a dot character (not a metacharacter representing ANY character) and the [B]L[/B]ast flag added so this RewriteRule is not ANDed with any succeeding rules.[/indent]

• but I need to know how to do this:

RewriteRule ^{filename}/{variable}$ {filename}.html?var={variable}

Edited to:

# pseudo code
# RewriteRule ^{filename}/{variable}$ {filename}.html?var={variable}
# replace pseudo code
RewriteRule ^([a-z.]+)/([a-z.]+)$ $1.html?var=$2 [L]

Where the {filename} and {variable} consist ONLY of one or more lowercase letters and, perhaps, a dot character (for a file extension).

I like to learn the basics first one step at a time.

Thanks for taking the time to respond though.

I’m a bit confused that you say you’d like to learn the basics one step at a time but found the long tutorial too much. I tried to “take it one step at a time” and used a LOT of sample code to help the reader along. Okay, this is the first time someone’s not come back with “that’s exactly what I needed” so any comments (other than length, too much information, not precisely the coding samples I need) would be appreciated.

Regards,

DK