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i've just started playing with this mod_rewrite and am jsut trying to find A GOOD LIST of examples.
i mean... all i am trying to do is get
mysite.com/band/blink182 to redirect to mysite.com/band.php?q=blur
but it seems so hard for me to understand.
so can anyone please help me... at least post 2-3 examples for me to experiment with.
Mike -
This may not be enough for you, but try something like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^band/([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)/?$ /band.php?q=$1Here's what it says:
- The URL starts with "band/". The "^" means starts with.
- After "band/", the URL contains one or more (given by the plus sign after the closing bracket) of the following characters: a - z, A - Z, 0 - 9, or underscore (given by "[a-zA-Z0-9_]"). This is the band name.
- The URL may or may not have a trailing slash (given by "/?"). The "$" means ends with.
Then, you're telling it to redirect to band.php and pass it the band name as the querystring. mod_rewrite will save anything you enclose in parentheses as a variable. The first "()" contain the variable named $1, the second contain $2, and so on. Therefore, "[a-zA-Z0-9_]+" in the rule given above will store the band name in $1. If you want to test it, add "[R]" to the end of the rule. This will actually redirect the user to "/band.php?q=whatever" instead of leaving the URL as "/band/whatever".
Sorry if this isn't as comprehensive as you want, but hopefully it'll get you started.
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great example... i mean, all the inportant stuff in a few rows, 10x
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