[RESOLVED] .htaccess and mod_rewrite issue

[atokatim]

Ok, This is something new to me and i want to try and get it working. i have my own server with Apache 2, PHP 4 and MySql 4 with full access to everything.

I put this in the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?user=$1

and nothing happened. I checked my Apache settings for the .htaccess file, and this is what it is set to:

AccessFileName .htaccess

and never show them

<Files ~ "^.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

I put some random characters in my .htaccess file to see if it was working, and it did nothing. No 500 error or anything.

Any ideas?

[bradgrafelman]

This may sound stupid, but did you make sure that is the exact file name? If you're in Windows, make sure "Hide extensions for known file types" is UNCHECKED in Folder Options, or else use a command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) to verify/correct the filename.

[atokatim]

I am on a linux Suse 10.0 server and the .htaccess is spelled correctly. Not sure what would be causing it not to be read by the server. i even restarted Apache to see if that helped and it did not.

[ysu]

maybe a problem with AllowOverride ?

In the rewritten part try a full path instead of just the file name.
Something like :
RewriteRule ^(.) /var/www/html/profile.php?user=$1
[Edit]
oh my sorry, it's http path not file path:
RewriteRule ^(.) http://www.mysite.com/profile.php?user=$1
[/edit]

I've done a couple of similar rewrites lately and it was necessary. I haven't put the closing $ on the regexp match either as you can see, and it works for me this way.

[atokatim]

that still did not work 🙁 my .htaccess file must not even be recognized. any ideas why that may be?

Loaded Modules :
core prefork http_core mod_so mod_access mod_actions mod_alias mod_auth mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_dir mod_include mod_log_config mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_setenvif mod_status mod_userdir mod_asis mod_imap sapi_apache2 mod_perl mod_python mod_ruby mod_rewrite

[atokatim]

ok, i got the .htaccess working with AllowOverride All in my httpd.conf....BUT....

I tried using

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?user=$1

and everything went to profile.php even my index2.php. Any way to stop that?

[bradgrafelman]

Well, yeah, fix your pattern.

You basically said to redirect ANY page to profile.php. What is an example of what you want redirected and what you don't want redirected?

If you want http://www.mysite.com/ to NOT be redirected, but http://www.mysite.com/something to be redirected, then try this:

RewriteRule ^/(.+)$ profile.php?user=$1

[atokatim]

hmmm....nope, that did not work either 🙁

here is what i am working with.

www.Gothics-R-Us.com/index2.php

www.gothics-r-us.com/profile.php?user=eagletalontim - This works

www.gothics-r-us.com/eagletalontim - this cannot be found.

[bradgrafelman]

Ok... try something like this

RewriteRule ^/([^\.\/]+)$ profile.php?user=$1

[atokatim]

🙁 nope. I get lost with all the ^ / \ . ? + stuff. i tried to manually add eagletalontim in the htaccess file, and it worked...but if i have over 10,000 members, it would be hard to keep adding more and more to the htaccess file. i am sure there is a way, just getting the ^ /\ .+ * characters in the right spots i guess.

[atokatim]

ok, i got it working i think...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^\.\/]+)$ profile.php?user=$1

[bradgrafelman]

Glad you got it working.

[atokatim]

Thanks for the help!!! you all are awesome!

[foottuns]

bradgrafelman can you help me too. i want to redirect my url to my website folder, but i cant, i have a virtual server, i have a .htaccess which is in my website folder and is working for the sef url-s but when some one is typeing my website url , i had to add a index file with a redirect metatag so he can see my website, but i want to get out that and use the .htaccess file, if you want i can send you the .htaccess file.