How can I rewrite URLs?

Question

I want to convert this URL:

mysite.com/cgi-bin/test.cgi/some_random_numbers_and_letters/http/www.somewebsite.com

into:

mysite.com/www.somewebsite.com

I also want to convert this URL:

mysite.com/addname.php

into:

mysite.com/add/

How do I do that?

Answer 1

Take a look at this blog post and you will learn how to use mod_rewrite and practice yourself.

Answer 2

Within .htaccess or apache2.conf

Rewrite Engine On
Rewrite Rule ^(www\.)?([a-zA-Z]+)\.(.{1-5})$ cgi-bin/test.cgi/letters/http/$1$2$3
Rewrite Rule ^addname.php$ cgi-bin/addname.cgi
Rewrite Rule ^add/?$ cgi-bin/addname.cgi

EDIT:

Rewrite Engine On
Rewrite Rule ^add/(.*)$ cgi-bin/addname.cgi$1
Rewrite Rule ^addname.php(\?(.*))$ cgi-bin/addname.cgi$1
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
Rewrite Rule ^((.*)\.)?(.*)(\.[A-Za-z\.]{2,8})(/.*)$ cgi-bin/test.cgi/?subdomain=$1&urlname=$2&tld=$3&path=$4 [L]

Fixed and actually tested the regex this time. The $1, $2,$3,$4 match the parts of the domain. The whole domain can be specified simply by using $1$2$3$4 I used a domain regex so only domains will be matched, and other website paths would not.