.htaccess mod_rewrite

[Dj-Dark-1]

Sorry if this doesn't come under php but the people on the forum are very helpful and its hard to find help anywhere else.

I recently asked a question on how to change a url e.g. profilepage.php?user=$username to something simplier like a folder /$username/. I was then made aware of mod_rewrite and that helped a lot.

I got it to work with a directory e.g. /forum/topic/3/ leads to /forum/viewtopic.php?topic=3. One problem exists, there are images located here : forum/images but when using the better url: it tries to find the images here: /forum/topic/3/images/

The code in the .htaccess file is as follows:

Order deny,allow
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/\.]+)/?$ viewtopic.php?topic=$1 [L]

Any idea on how this can be fixed, thanks in advanced.

Dj

[bradgrafelman]

Try adding these two lines before your RewriteRule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

What that does is applies a conditional to the rule (well two, technically, AND'ed into one) making sure that the URL requested doesn't actually match a valid file ('!-f', where ! means logical NOT) or a directory ('-d').

[Dj-Dark-1]

That doesn't work, the images still don't show.

[bradgrafelman]

Can you show us what your .htaccess file looks like now, as well as an example URL for one of the images?

[Dj-Dark-1]

The .htaccess file :

Order deny,allow
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^topic/([^/\.]+)/?$ viewtopic.php?topic=$1 [L]

How the forum directory is laid out :

It contains two folders, images and include. The viewtopic page includes a standard header page located in the include folder. This header page contains a link to a css file located: forum/include/mainstyle.css

An example of some view topic css is this:

#MessagesBox .Title {background:url(../Images/forum/CatergoryHeader.PNG); padding:5px; }
#MessagesBox .Title .Name {font-size:12px; width:620px; }
#MessagesBox .ThreadDesc {padding:5px; }
#MessagesBox .Message {background:url(../Images/forum/MsgBack.PNG); font-size:12px; overflow:auto; border-bottom:1px solid #323232;}

So that goes back a directory to the main forum one and then goes into the Images folder.

The page : http://localhost/Test/forum/topic/3/ which is actually http://localhost/Test/forum/viewtopic.php?topic=3 is trying to find the images here :
http://localhost/Test/forum/topic/3/Images/forum/AdminTag.png

Also it isnt locating the css file as that image wasnt in the css file and its the only one with a broken image box. All the div styles are missing etc..

Get the picture, hope that helps and I appreciate you helping me.

[sudh]

i also have same problem but i solved it through .htaccess

my code is :-

php_flag register_globals on
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/demo/theadultsonline/$


Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?.*\.php$)
Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?.*\.jpg$)
Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?.*\.gif$)

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ view_profile.php?member_id=$1 [QSA]

may this help u... 🙂

[Dj-Dark-1]

This still doesn't work as it does not located the css file.

Its looking for the css here : http://localhost/Test/forum/topic/3/Include/MainStyle.css
when it is here : http://localhost/Test/forum/Include/MainStyle.css

[nrg_alpha]

sudh;10910045 wrote:

Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?..php$)
Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?..jpg$)
Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?.*.gif$)

While I'm not well versed in mod rewriting, I do question that part.. why not make it one statement with alternations?

Rewritecond %{REQUEST_URI} !(^/?.*\.(php|jpe?g|gif|css)$)

Would that work?

[Dj-Dark-1]

That still doesnt solve my problem. Thanks for all the help anyway guys 😉