how to use mod_rewrite?

anne13

Hi All!

I am really confuse as to how I use the mod_rewrite.. What are the steps to use this?
Here are what I did:
1. Check if mod_rewrite loaded/enabled in Apache modules. ->Yes

I have written this in my httpd.conf:

       <Directory "/var/opt/htdocs/sample">
           AllowOverride FileInfo Options
      </Directory>

Then I put the .htaccess file under the /sample directory.
Here is my htaccess file.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^{img/([a-Z-A-z])/?$} sample/image.php?imgname=$1

But when I access my url for this it gives me: "The webpage cannot be found error"
i.e. http://abc.co.jp/sample/img/myimage.jpg

What am I doing wrong? Please help! 😕

bpat1434

Your pattern is wrong:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^img/([a-zA-Z]*)/?$ sample/image.php?imgname=$1

bradgrafelman

Or you could simply do:

RewriteRule ^img/([a-z]*)/?$ sample/image.php?imgname=$1 [NC]

bpat1434

my way is shorter, by 2 characters :p

bradgrafelman

Yes, but you bumped caps lock and tried to link to 'IMG/sDFDFDF.jpg' it wouldn't work! :p

bpat1434

no I didn't.....

bradgrafelman

But IF you... sorry... yawn* I'm a bit tired 🙁

bpat1434

It's okay brad... same thing happened to me last night 😉

anne13

hi! thanks for the replies...

i've tried your suggestions but i still can't get it to work!... it is still showing the picture.... i am just printing some text on the image.php for now...

i looked at the rewrite_log file:
(2) init rewrite engine with requested uri /sample/img/f.jpg
(1) pass through /sample/img/f.jpg

is mod_rewrite really working?

by the way, i am using Linux server with apache and tomcat, java, php.... does it have any conflict?

😕

bpat1434

Try this rule:

RewriteRule ^img/([a-zA-Z]*)[/]? sample/image.php?imgname=$1

Oh, and no conflicts with that server setup 😉