is this possible php/.htaccess dynamic tags

abda53

i have a image hosting site, where it tracks bandwidth from each by calling the image through a script.

example: host/pic.php?u=3qhOS3&i=3511

3qhOS3&1 = user-id
3511 = image_id

now is it possible, because some forums dont allow dynamic tags as images, to do a work around with .htaccess somehow?
like host/3qhOS3&i=3511.jpg
will point to host/pic.php?u=3qhOS3&i=3511

thanks in advance

AstroTeg

Yup, in fact, you could get really creative and do:

host/3qhOS3/3511.jpg

Now it looks like 3511.jpg is in its own directory... To make this work, you'd need to setup .htaccess in the same directory as your script and do:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)(/?)$ yourscript.php?u=$1&i=$2

Notice the ([0-9]+)? They're seperated by a / and that / is what makes 3qhOS3/3511.jpg work. But you don't want to use just 0-9. You'll want letters in there as well. Untested, but I think you'd need ([A-Za-z0-9]+) but don't quote me. Check out the .htaccess regular expression docs to learn how to capture the URL input.

abda53

awesome it works
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^{([A-Za-z0-9]+)/([A-Za-z0-9]+)(/?)$} yourscript.php?u=$1&i=$2

abda53

i dont think that code even matters. if you just tag a .img extension onto it, itll work. hmm.. wonder if thats a server thing.

i just put a .jpg and .gif at the end of the url (with and without .htaccess) and it worked.. is that a server thing or the site itself?

abda53

/web1/3qhOS3/3490.jpg

doesnt work. heres my .htaccess

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^{([A-Za-z0-9]+)/([A-Za-z0-9]+)(/?)$} pic.php?u=$1&i=$2

it doesnt have to appear to be in its own directory. image/3qhOS33490.jpg works too. still having issues.. any ideas?

also tried
RewriteRule ^{([A-Za-z0-9]+)([0-9]+)(/?)$} pic.php?u=$1&i=$2

nevermind i figured it out

Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /web1/
RewriteRule (.)/(.).jpg$ /web1/pic.php?u=$1&i=$2