modRewrite and php

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Here is a problem I have.

I use the above modrewrite rule to redirect subdirectories of a directory to a php script :

Code:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule dir/(.*)$  dir/index.php?screen=$1 [QSA,L]

So it will redirect /dir/xxx to /dir/index.php?screen=xxx right?

The problem is that php can't 'see' the screen in $_GET or $_REQUEST, so the only way to see what it passes is through $QUERY_STRING which does not helps much as it returns this :

Code:

screen=index.php&screen=xxx

Can you help me with this? Any response will be deeply appreciated.

I think you need something like:

Code:

rewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/links/([a-z\-]+)
RewriteRule .* /links.php?cat=%1 [L]

I know I didn't used your vars but the condition works the same...

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Thanks for the reply, but unfortunatelly that returns a 500 error (misconfiguration)

Propably this is because I use other rewrite rules also.

Thanks for the reply, but unfortunatelly that returns a 500 error (misconfiguration)

Propably this is because I use other rewrite rules also.

maybe the "RewriteBase" ?

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maybe the "RewriteBase" ?

It displays the same error

what is the current rule you're using (according my suggestion)?

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I used this (that doesn't works) :

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/dir/([a-z\-]+)
RewriteRule .* /dir/index.php?screen=%1 [L]

And I have this that almost works (it doesn't pass the $_GET variable, but it has the right $QUERY_STRING ):

Code:

RewriteRule dir/(.*)$  dir/index.php?screen=$1 [QSA,L]

whats is the content of the query string?

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screen=index.php&screen=xxx

when you call /dir/xxx

screen=index.php&screen=xxx

when you call /dir/xxx

that's why you need to store the value uf screen into an variable or you need to cut this new QS into smaller pieces first...

Its strange that you get this 500 error, I use this kind of patterns all the time...

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that's why you need to store the value uf screen into an variable or you need to cut this new QS into smaller pieces first...

That's what I do now, but it is very silly to do that ($_GET['action'] = substr(strstr(substr(strstr($QUERY_STRING,'='),1),'='),1)

but I am sure there should be a cleaner way to do this

can you try my rule on a diff. server?

its actually from this site: http://www.buitenspelen.eu/links/speelgoed

my get var is "links" and the value is "speelgoed"

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Yeah all those tests was in a windows development server. I will try to run those in the linux development server, and then in the production server, to see if there is a change.

I will keep you posted. And thanks for the help so far

[EDIT: but I remember that I got this error on CGI apache configs...]

Yeah all those tests was in a windows development server. I will try to run those in the linux development server, and then in the production server, to see if there is a change.

I will keep you posted. And thanks for the help so far

hm... it works on my local WAMP (win XP, apache 2, mysql 4.1, php 5.1) configuration too are you using apache as a module?

EDIT: but I remember that I got this error on CGI apache configs...

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are you using apache as a module?

How can I see that? Do you mean I use php as a module? (I don't)

are you using apache as a module?

How can I see that? Do you mean I use php as a module? (I don't)

yes of cource php as a module 

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I finally found it.

The right one is :

Code:

RewriteBase /dir
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ index.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]

I finally found it.

The right one is :

Code:

RewriteBase /dir
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ index.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]

a possible leading slash?

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I don't really understand, but I am happy that it works.

The bad thing with modrewrite is that you can't really debug or see the results of what you are doing. It is like programming in assembly lol

I don't really understand, but I am happy that it works.

The bad thing with modrewrite is that you can't really debug or see the results of what you are doing. It is like programming in assembly lol

yes you can if you have acces to the mod_rewrite log... but this is not the "easy to understand" log report

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