Thread: Mod_rewrite

you could try this

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_NAME} !.php
RewriteRule ^([^./]*)/?(.*)?$ index.php?page=$1&parent=$2 [L]

A better option

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_NAME} !.php
RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z]+)/([0-9a-zA-Z]+)?$ index.php?page=$1&parent=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z]+)?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]

that does the job except for one thing. If you have a space in either the page or the parent it shows a 404 - not found. Do you know how I could change that? I imagine that you would just need to add a space in with these other characters, but it's not working!
^([0-9a-zA-Z]+)
^([0-9a-z A-Z]+)

try this and also follow the rewrite rules

Code:

(0-9a-zA-Z_- ]+)

spaces are not recomended as the URL gets converted with %....
you should use _ or -

Thanks louie. That worked but I opted to get rid of the spaces and follow the rules!

You must forgive me, I have never tried anything like this on a windows server before. I have a .htaccess file, but how can I get the above settings to work on windows? It is possible because wordpress seems to manage it. But it's not working on my windows server (don't bother asking why I have a windows server - it's a long story!). Can anyone suggest anything?

Thanks

ISAPI Rewrite 2.0 - URL Rewriting for Windows Server IIS might be useful to you

Thanks, I should have known that you would need to pay for it... !!

Originally Posted by conor

Thanks, I should have known that you would need to pay for it... !!

It's available with some hosting providers shared hosting plans

Does anyone know how I could rewrite "Test" as "test.php" if i knew what the name test would be?

Code:

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z]+)/? $1.php [L,NC]

I hope this is what you are after