How do I teach Apache to execute scripts with no file extension?

[thedaver]

I want Apache 1.3.29 to look at this url

http://www.example.com/directory/top/category/subject

where /"directory"/ is the actual script to execute. How do I teach it to look for the first possible file match and execute it so that the script can use the rest of the URL as a "parameter"????

The scripting language is php.


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[BitFuzzy]

I dont think you'll be able to.

Adding the ".php" extension would make your life alot easier. Why do you want to exclude it?

 

[thedaver]

I want to use the common code in the "directory(.php)" file to provide a natural URL that appears to be many pages of a directory.

thus,

http://www.example.com/directory/top/baseball/pitchers

http://www.example.com/directory/top/baseball/catchers

http://www.example.com/directory/top/baseball/batters

Appear to search engines to be three different pages - without any session or parameter strings in the URL - but they are all supported by one single instance of the "directory(.php)" script.

I know this is done lots of places, I just don't know how.


Surfinbox.com Business Internet Services - National Dialup, DSL, T-1 and more.

http://www.surfinbox.com/business/

 

[BitFuzzy]

a "C" script or perhaps a perl script will allow you to run w/o an extension, but I don't think php will.

 

[LittleHavoc]

Try this

RewriteRule ^directory/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) /directory.php?x=$1&y=$2&z=$3

the script would be called directory.php in the root directory.

 

[LittleHavoc]

I forgot to say that you must have the re-write engine switched on.

RewriteEngine On

You may also need to add some settings in your <directory>

<Directory /

http://www/htdocs/yoursite>

Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks Includes MultiViews
</Directory>

 

[ericbrunson]

Or make the 'natural url' a directory and put the appropriate index.php, index.cgi, index.jsp in the directory.