need quick help with rewrite issue...new to htaccess rules...

[spewn]

hello!

i am using this:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^ad/(.*)$ get.cgi?ad=$1

which works fine when my url looks like this:

http://www.mysite.com/ad/1548

however, i want to remove the /ad part, and just have:

http://www.mysite.com/1548

i tried a couple ideas, but haven't got it, and i'm sure it's something simple. unfortunately, this is my first time manipulating htaccess file.

any help?

thanks!

- g

 

[Kirsle]

Do this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REUQEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /something.cgi [L]

Inside of /something.cgi, use $ENV{REQUEST_URI} to get the actual request (eg "/1548").

The conditions here will only do the rewrite if their request filename is not a file or a directory.

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Cuvou.com | My personal homepage

perl -e '$|=$i=1;print" oo\n<|>\n_|_";x:sleep$|;print"\b",$i++%2?"/":"_";goto x;'

 

[spewn]

thanks.

i actually just came up with this:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)$ get.cgi?ad=$1

works. will i encounter problems?

thanks again!

- g