Creating a virtual URL

-Ray- · 10-16-2006, 07:38 PM

i need to fiqure out a way so i can make a user url like such r6w.net/hughra but that really points to m.mgt?m=hughra ... i dont want folders, but rather a way yo get the info after the / and search the database then include the m.mgt?m=hughra querie

an example of this is myspace.com 's urls...

coding in php... any help

Eric · 10-16-2006, 08:23 PM

You could do something like..

.htaccess

Code:

# ex: r6w.net/user/hughra
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^user/(.*)$ /m.mgt?m=$1 [L]

Then to access it via PHP:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/248010-creating-a-virtual-url.html

PHP Code:

  <?php

 
$user = trim(strip_tags(stripslashes($_GET['m'])));

 
// etc..

 
?>

-Ray- · 10-16-2006, 08:38 PM

wait...
what if the site ever kicks off the .htacess file will be huge...

Eric · 10-16-2006, 08:52 PM

No, that was just an example of what a member URL would look like, hence the # (which is a 'comment').

Those two lines are all you'll need in the .htaccess.

As far as the PHP goes, yes, in whatever file you're going to use to process users.

-Ray- · 10-16-2006, 09:10 PM

ok.. i got it to work.. but how would i strip the user/.. ex so its just r6w.net/ray ... i tried removing it from the script and i get an 500 error..

Dan · 10-16-2006, 09:50 PM

You'll need to have something in the URL to know to send the variable to m.mgt or everything will always go to it.. even itself. (site.com/m.mgt?m=m.mgt)

-Ray- · 10-17-2006, 08:27 AM

That part works fine... however... i do not want to use a subfolder for this. I want it to be just domain.com/loc instead of domain.com/sub/loc ...

how would i remove the sub folder.... i removed it from the script but i can only get domain.com//loc to work.. and when i remove the / from the script i get an error...

-Ray- · 10-17-2006, 10:56 AM

Ok... I did a little reasearch on the subject....

The reason it doest work like that is because apache automatically searches for a folder or file in the base directory which causes a problem with the rewriteengine processing as such..

So then i realized that i would have to find a way for this... lone and behold that apache had a way to do this....
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

Then I would have to include it.
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ m.mgt?m=$1 [L]

and boom it works!!!

Thanks to all that has helped me in this thread

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-Ray- Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,839	Creating a virtual URL i need to fiqure out a way so i can make a user url like such r6w.net/hughra but that really points to m.mgt?m=hughra ... i dont want folders, but rather a way yo get the info after the / and search the database then include the m.mgt?m=hughra querie an example of this is myspace.com 's urls... coding in php... any help __________________ Poker News, articles, discussion LIKE THIS Its an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device.

10-16-2006, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
Eric Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,948	You could do something like.. .htaccess Code: # ex: r6w.net/user/hughra RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^user/(.*)$ /m.mgt?m=$1 [L] Then to access it via PHP: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/248010-creating-a-virtual-url.html PHP Code: `<?php $user = trim(strip_tags(stripslashes($_GET['m']))); // etc.. ?>`

10-16-2006, 08:38 PM	THREAD STARTER #3 (permalink)
-Ray- Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,839	wait... what if the site ever kicks off the .htacess file will be huge... __________________ Poker News, articles, discussion LIKE THIS Its an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device. Last edited by templaterave; 10-16-2006 at 09:16 PM.

10-16-2006, 09:10 PM	THREAD STARTER #5 (permalink)
-Ray- Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,839	ok.. i got it to work.. but how would i strip the user/.. ex so its just r6w.net/ray ... i tried removing it from the script and i get an 500 error.. __________________ Poker News, articles, discussion LIKE THIS Its an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device.

10-17-2006, 08:27 AM	THREAD STARTER #7 (permalink)
-Ray- Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,839	That part works fine... however... i do not want to use a subfolder for this. I want it to be just domain.com/loc instead of domain.com/sub/loc ... how would i remove the sub folder.... i removed it from the script but i can only get domain.com//loc to work.. and when i remove the / from the script i get an error... __________________ Poker News, articles, discussion LIKE THIS Its an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device.

10-16-2006, 08:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Eric Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,948	No, that was just an example of what a member URL would look like, hence the # (which is a 'comment'). Those two lines are all you'll need in the .htaccess. As far as the PHP goes, yes, in whatever file you're going to use to process users.

10-16-2006, 09:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dan Buy my domains. Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 2,796	You'll need to have something in the URL to know to send the variable to m.mgt or everything will always go to it.. even itself. (site.com/m.mgt?m=m.mgt)

10-17-2006, 10:56 AM	THREAD STARTER #8 (permalink)
-Ray- Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,839	Ok... I did a little reasearch on the subject.... The reason it doest work like that is because apache automatically searches for a folder or file in the base directory which causes a problem with the rewriteengine processing as such.. So then i realized that i would have to find a way for this... lone and behold that apache had a way to do this.... RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d Then I would have to include it. RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ m.mgt?m=$1 [L] and boom it works!!! Thanks to all that has helped me in this thread __________________ Poker News, articles, discussion LIKE THIS Its an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device.

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