mod_rewrite???

Handyman

I'm looking for a php script that would give users a dynamic Sub-Directory, without creating the sub-directory on the server.
Example #1
http://myspace.com/michaellewis1

Example #2
http://mixposure.com/michael-lewis

Does anybody know what this would be called and/or where I would find a php script for this?

Is Mod_rewrite what I'm looking for?

Thanks

cnperry

Most likely that's how they do it. In you .htaccess file (web root):

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^.htaccess$ - [F]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+)/?$    page.php?name=$1

This will give you the same effect as what you see in the MySpace URI. Of course, you want to change page.php to whatever you page name is, and always do proper validation and escaping whenever dealing with user input (what-if they just try page.php?name=fill_in_your_attack_here)?

~Cameron

unisabilly

cnperry wrote:
Most likely that's how they do it. In you .htaccess file (web root):
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^.htaccess$ - [F]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9\._-]+)/?$    page.php?name=$1
This will give you the same effect as what you see in the MySpace URI. Of course, you want to change page.php to whatever you page name is, and always do proper validation and escaping whenever dealing with user input (what-if they just try page.php?name=fill_in_your_attack_here)?

~Cameron

hey ~ this is a great way to avoid error 404 ~
I'm not familiar with mod rewrite.
is that possible that you can give a small example of how page.php look like
lets say if user entered www.mydomain.com/user1 it will direct to
www.mydomain.com/page.php?name=user1 and so on ~
how will the page.php look like ?
Thanx a lot ~ 🙂