virtual folder

mbx5nitro

Hey i have been making a mod for IPB that allows members to make a advanced profile.

what i want is for the members to create a virtual folder via the UCP. the data will be stored in a table in my database.
It will work by when i user types in www.domain.com/membername it will go to either index.php or an error page with a script that searches the database for that user name and redirects it do the real page. the database will have the username and user id in it and the script will look for the username in the database and pull out the user id and add it to ppages.php?id=userid.

what is the best way to achive this without having to edit your DNS or anything. it can use .htaccess but nothing that requires root access.

Thanks

mbx5nitro

also is it possible to have the .htaccess take a folder name that isnt there link i want to use and redirect it to ppages.php where i can have that scropt?

halojoy

you
can use a special php page
that takes member name from URL

that php page then can deliver page html source to a special user

like:
http://www.domain.com/special.php?name=membername

special.php

<?php

$member = $_GET[ 'name' ];

// contact DB, SELECT table 'users' and get page of $member

// show page of $member

?>

mbx5nitro

that would work although i would like so the page will be callled via
www.domain.com/forum/?act=ppages&id=userid

so when a user goes to www.domain.com/username it goes to an error file or just the index.php and runs a script to redirect it. This is all going to be inside of IPB so i need a script or just a .htaccess file that will allow one simple edit for people to install it.

halojoy

mbx5nitro wrote:
that would work although i would like so the page will be callled via
www.domain.com/forum/?act=ppages&id=userid

so when a user goes to www.domain.com/username it goes to an error file or just the index.php and runs a script to redirect it. This is all going to be inside of IPB so i need a script or just a .htaccess file that will allow one simple edit for people to install it.

to use
www.domain.com/forum/?act=ppages&id=userid
would work, if you modify inside IPB script code

there is something that is called
MOD_rewrite, that can rewrite a request in URL, and make it whatever else
this rewrite thing you can put in .htaccess

maybe this would work

to find out about Apache mod_rewrite
search with google:
mod_rewrite tutorial
see for example: http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite

mbx5nitro

Thank you. I was a little worried about learning mod_rewrite but it isnt that bad. This should work fine.

mbx5nitro

I made my mod-rewrite code
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^{profile/([^/.]+)/?$} /index.php?showuser=$1 [L]

This allows me to type in www.domain.com/profile/1462 and bring up my information. this works although it is not bringing up the images i need for it to work right. what can i do about that.

halojoy

I hope it will work

I am sure there are several at this forum, that are very good with mod_rewrite
so, if you need, I think you should ask some help here
and get your rewrite working