url rewrite problem

[choubix]

hello,

I am now at the stage where 90% of my files are uploaded.
I have a few of them in which I am passing the variable in the address bar.
as a consequence I'd like to use the url rewrite to make the url more friendly.

In a .htaccess that I have placed in the folder "repertoire" I am using the following code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule prizes(.*)\.htm$ /repertoire/prizes2.php?type=$1
RewriteRule prizes(.*)-(.*)-(.*)\.htm$ /repertoire/prizes3.php?id_gifts=$1&=$2&type=$3
RewriteRule prizes(.*)\.htm$ /repertoire/tpl/prizes.tpl.php?id_gifts=$1
RewriteRule prizes(.*)-(.*)-(.*)\.htm$ /repertoire/tpl/prizes.tpl.php?id_gifts=$1&type=$2&redeem=$3

and in my php files the href links are like these ones:

prizes2.php?type=1

or

prizes.tpl.php?id_gifts=75&type=1&redeem=2

the problems are:

• the links still appear like that: prizes2.php?type=1 or prizes.tpl.php?id_gifts=75&type=1&redeem=2 when the mouse is over the link.

• when I click the link the url is still the same and not rewritten.

can anyone point me in the right direction please?

ps: in this htaccess I can turn register_global on/off and the error 404 redirection works. so I guess that the AllowOverride is ok.

thanks for your help.

A.

[suntra]

I think you don't really understand how mod_rewrite works... it uses a pattern to match against the URI (left part in RewriteRule), and if it returns true, it then call the page in the right part of RewriteRule. It does not look at the right part to redirect the user to the left part !

So if you want to have "better looking" URLs, you'll have to modify your link... OR invert things in RewriteRule and make a redirection...