Help with .htaccess

[DylanButler]

This is what I have so far:

RewriteRule ^listings\/(.+)/(.+)$ listing.php?id=$2&loc=$1&type=detail [L]
RewriteRule ^listings\/(.+)/(.+)/add-review\.html$ listing_add_review.php?id=$2&loc=$1&type=review [L]

I need this to happen:

listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/ -> listing.php
listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name -> listing.php

listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/add-review.html -> listing_add_review.php

listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/send-message-friend.html -> listing_email_friend.php

listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/send-message.html -> listing_email.php


Also it would be nice for the first link to work with or without the trailing slash:
listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/
listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name

The problem right now is if I go to
listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/add-review.html

It sends me to the homepage (It is looking for the wrong ID). Help appreciated thanks guys!

 

[-PS-]

RewriteRule ^newsarchives/$ /index_news_archives.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^newsarchives$ /index_news_archives.php [NC,L]

this is what i use for the / stuff

listings/sandiego/Vendor-Name/add-review.html -> listing_add_review.php

(going off what you have asked for literlity (spelling))

^listings/sandeigo/vendor-name/([a-zA-Z0-9]).html$ /listing_add_review.php
[NC,L]

the NC = no case (ie ignore case), and the L means stop processing rules

going to take a guess, you might want something like

^listings/([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+).html$ /listing_add_review.php?state=$1&vendor_name=$2

 

[Dan]

To be able to use the trailing slash or not, just add /? to the end of the expression (or ? if you already have the / there).

 

[-PS-]

doesn't the ? mean a single match, ie it has to be there in that location ?

 

[Dan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#Basic_concepts

 

[-PS-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression#Basic_concepts

\

Heya Dan, thanks for that, learn something new everyday

after having a looksie and a think,

just putting a ? on the end, would match 1 char - any char
wouldn't it be better to do something like

RewriteRule ^test([/]?)^ /test.php [L]

that will match "test" and "test/" only

 

[DylanButler]

RewriteRule ^test([/]?)^ /test.php [L]

that will match "test" and "test/" only

Yes that looks good.

Question: on my first line, why is there a backslash?

^listings\/

 

[-PS-]

Yes that looks good.

Question: on my first line, why is there a backslash?

^listings\/

habbit, \ is an escape character, meaning treat the next character as is, always do it with /'s, have had issues in the past with different reg ex libs and stuff.

better to be safe then sorry