Chapter 2 Modularizing A Web Site

[flatlander]

xampp / php 5.3

 

I've used the chapter 2 "Modularizing a web site" and it works like a charm.

 

However I was wanting to use htaccess to turn 'http://localhost/website/index.php?p=about' into 'http://localhost/website/about'.

 

I can't get it to work here but I have used this simple htaccess before and it works fine on another website I have and for other files on my localhost.

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ index.php?p=$1

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/$ index.php?p=$1

 

with the htaccess placed in the same directory as index.php and p is the same p in the example on page 62 or 64.

 

Does anyone know what I can do to get this to work, from the things I've read it should produce the url I need.

 

Thanks for any help

S

[Larry]

You should confirm that .htaccess files are allowed in your configuration, which is to say that there's an allow override directive for that directory in your httpd.conf file.

[flatlander]

Thanks for the reply Larry

 

There's

 

<Directory "C:/xampp/htdocs">

AllowOverride All

 

in the httpd.conf file. This is really odd to me because this same, more or less(member is used instead of p), rewrite works in another folder.

[Larry]

What folder is your .htaccess file in? Is it the C:\xampp\htdocs\website folder?

[flatlander]

It's in the same folder as index.php

 

http://localhost/ed/5advan/chp2work/ullmans-temp/index.php

 

Thanks

[Jonathon]

From my experience it's a lot harder to to work with .htaccess files when they're not in the root folder. I would try to do this example in your http://localhost/ folder.

[flatlander]

Thanks Johnathon

 

I tried

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)ed/5advan/chp2work$ index.php?p=$1

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)ed/5advan/chp2work/$ index.php?p=$1

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/ed/5advan/chp2work$ index.php?p=$1

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/ed/5advan/chp2work/$ index.php?p=$1

 

With no luck.

 

If someone has done this exercise can they give it a try on the standard chapter 2 download, that's what I'm using, if it works on their computer I'll know its me.

 

Thanks

SJ

[Jonathon]

That doesn't look like the rules are directed for the root.

 

Sorry, my first message was probably misleading i'd just woken up!

 

What i meant was, put the files in the root and also the .htaccess file

[Larry]

You can leave the .htaccess file in that folder, but I would recommend adding the RewriteBase directive, after turning on the engine, to acknowledge all the subdirectories.

[flatlander]

Okay here is my "Duh report", it's had been about three months since I messed with this and I decided I'd try again today and of course it worked when I saw what I had done.

 

Larry has <li><a href="index.php?p=that">That</a></li> in the menu and three months ago I had left it like that while I looked for the problem. Today when I changed the link to <li><a href="that">That</a></li> it worked like a charm.

 

So the htaccess would have worked all along, anyway thanks for the help.

[Larry]

Excellent. Glad it's working and thanks for letting us know.