Slight .htaccess Problem

influx

I have the following code in my .htaccess file for my website.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)$ user_home.php?user=$1

Now let me explain. I basically host a blog site for a few friends of mine and I make it possible for users to view their blog by visiting www.website.com/username instead of having to go to www.website.com/user_home.php?user=username.

The only problem with this is if somebody types in 'www.website.com/username/' instead of 'www.website.com/username' they will get a 404 error. How should I modify the .htaccess code to alleviate the problem with the extra slash at the end?

Thanks in advance!

-influx

move3rd

Originally posted by influx

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)$ user_home.php?user=$1

Have you tried:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)$ user_home.php?user=$1
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)/$ user_home.php?user=$1

That should work though I'm sure there is a neater way of doing it.

bradgrafelman

Possibly...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)(/)$ user_home.php?user=$1

EDIT: Tested the above rule.. seemed to work fine.

influx

This should work, I am aware, but now I have another question:

How come when I upload my .htaccess file to the root directory of my server, it disappears upon reconnecting to my ftp?

The redirections still work, but the change I wanted doesnt take place!

What is going on here?

Thanks in advance.
-influx

influx

Alright, never mind that...my FTP client doesn't show .htaccess files, but when I log into PuTTY and list the directory with 'ls -al' it shows it.

So my .htaccess file is up, and it contains the following code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9\-]+)/?$ user_home.php?user=$1

But, it still gives me a 404 error if I visit www.website.com/username/ but it works if I visit www.website.com/username

What could be wrong with the .htaccess?

Thanks in advance!
-influx

bradgrafelman

Try using the regexp in my post. The difference is, I had placed the trailing '/' in parenthesis.

EDIT: Wow, this thread was dead for am amazingly long time! :p No wonder I didn't recognize the subject when I saw the e-mail come in..

influx

I tried that too =(

What else could be causing the problem?

bradgrafelman

Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)((/)|())$ user_home.php?user=$1

thorpe

How come when I upload my .htaccess file to the root directory of my server, it disappears upon reconnecting to my ftp?

because the . at the start of the file indicates a hidden file in linux. the reason you can see it in putty using ls -al is because you are using the -al options. a for all, and l for list.

influx

That doesn't work either! I've tried all of them listed on the page, but it doesn't seem to work.

What could be wrong?

Thanks again for all your help.