Url re-writing : creating an url that contains id and name

[tmrd]

Hi,

When I type url site.com/phone/random-text-string/1 , I get the first phone (id : 1) on the db. When I change the ID to, say, 5, “random-text-string” stays the same, but I want it to be fetched from the db and my htaccess should redirect me to that page automatically.

The desired result is : site.com/phone/selectedphonemodel/phoneid

My current htaccess file is below.

RewriteRule ^phone/([\w-]+)/whatevermodelisselected/([\w-]+)/?$ main/templates/phone.php?phone_model=$1&phone_id=$2

Example : If you change the ID of the url below from 193758 to 193994, sitepoint redirects you to the topic that has the id of 193994.

Url rewrite : I can't open urls that have hyphens

Hi, I’m using the rule below, but there’s a problem. I get a 404 error if there’s a hyphen in the url. What could be the reason for that? http://localhost/product/1/tag/works http://localhost/product/1/tag/doesnt-work RewriteRule ^product/(\w+)/tag/(\w+)/?$ main/p/tag.php?product_id=$1&tag_value=$2

I want to do the exact same thing for my website.
How can I do it?

[Jeff_Mott]

This time it isn’t a server config problem, but instead it’s a PHP problem. After you get the phone from the database, then you need to compare that phone’s model name (URL-ified) against the string that’s in the URL. If they’re different, then send a header redirect using the correct model name.