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apache rewrite url

Answer 1

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^ means 'the start of the string. /path/ is a literal. So you're asking for a string which has /path/ in it, after which the string starts. This is logically impossible. See http://regularexpressions.info for more information about regexes.

Wrikken 2010-07-29 19:57:19

I have taken out both ^ and $. But not working too. I have updated my ques.

benmsia 2010-07-29 20:06:35

Hi wrikken, pls read my update. thanks

benmsia 2010-07-30 05:56:59

@benmsia: it is perfectly possible you are not allowed to add rewriterules in .htaccess files. What is the AllowOverride directive in Apache set to?

Wrikken 2010-08-02 23:00:25

Answer 2

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Chances are you want this...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^place/([a-zA-Z0-9-]+)/?$ /placelink.php?lid=$1

This will take requests for..

domain.com/place/the-moon

...and will serve up...

domain.com/placelink.php?lid=the-moon

Cags 2010-07-29 20:12:41

hi cags, pls read my updates. thanks.

benmsia 2010-07-30 05:57:24

@benmsia your update isn't useful, because it doesn't show what you're doing now.

hobbs 2010-07-30 05:58:35

@hobbs initially, i thought it is due to syntax error that cannot get the url rewrite. But now i realized that even a simple rewrite also my server could not perform. Even after setting enabling mod_rewrite. May I know how to solve this problem? How to enable it? Is there any steps that I have left with just uncomment the rewrite module in httpd? thanks for your reply and do ask me if my comment is unclear. thanks.

benmsia 2010-07-30 06:13:26

@benmsia No. It's more likely that your "simple rewrite" is *also* wrong.

hobbs 2010-07-30 06:37:25

@hobbs, the update 2 is my simple rewrite. when i type test.html, it will shows the content of test.php. Is there any mistake? thx..

benmsia 2010-07-30 07:05:54

Define 'not working', if you are getting a 500 server error, then yes, mod_rewrite probably isn't enabled, or is failing. If nothing is happening you are probably just expecting the wrong thing to happen. It's extremely common (and infuriating) for people to leave the links in their site as domain.com/placelink.php?lid=the-moon, and expect that rewrite rule to somehow magically change the link in their users address bar, this is the opposite of what mod_rewrite is intended for. The links on your site need to be of the form domain.com/place/the-moon. If this doesn't apply I refer you to point 1

Cags 2010-07-30 16:15:33

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