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petebolduc
petebolduc

Reputation: 1263

Issue with .htaccess mod rewrite

I am creating a CMS where the styles and formatting for a given page are dynamically generated depending on the type of page (general, member, download,etc.). In the past I have used the following .htaccess to identify the page type:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

RewriteRule ^general/(.*)$ general.php?title=$1 [QSA,L]

which works fine but required me to create a rendering page for each page type... general.php, member.php, download.php, etc.

WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO IS...

Through .htaccess have a wild card to identify the page type to have all pages render from a single [page.php] file so that the page types can be created on the fly without have to create a rendering page for each page type.

I am having an issue with a $ sign showing up in my results. I only know enough about .htaccess to be dangerous.

THIS IS MY TEST PHP

<?php

$type = $_REQUEST['type'];
$title = $_REQUEST['title'];

echo $type.'<br>'.$title;

?>

THIS URL:

http://my-site.com/general/this-is-a-general-page

WITH THE .HTACCESS REWRITE RULE SET AS:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ temp.php?type=$1$&title=$2 [QSA,L]

PRODUCES:

general$
this-is-a-general-page

I can't figure out why the $ is at the end of the page type. I have also tried removing the $:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*) temp.php?type=$1$&title=$2 [QSA,L]

but am getting the same result.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 36

Answers (1)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 784908

You can use:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ temp.php?type=$1&title=$2 [QSA,L]

You had a stray $ after $1 in your rule.

PS: I have also tweaked your regex a little to make it more efficient.

Upvotes: 1

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