Rewrite - is it possible? 1

[AndyGroom]

Is it possible to create a rewrite rule so that a URL such as:

http://www.mywebsite.com/23-How-do-I-redirect-this.htm

is rewritten to:

http://www.mywebsite.com/showtopic.php?thread=23

- Andy
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[feherke]

Hi

Certainly possible.

As you mentioned no restrictions, the simplest way is this :

RewriteRule (\d+).* /showtopic.php?thread=$1

But that may also transform some requests you would not want to, for example /error404.php to /showtopic.php?thread=404 . So a more restrictive expression would be better, something like this :

RewriteRule ^(\d+)-.*\.htm$ /showtopic.php?thread=$1

( Note that [tt]RewriteRule[/tt]'s behavior has minor differences whether is used in global or per directory configuration. )

Feherke.

 

[AndyGroom]

That's awesome, thanks!

- Andy
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If a man speaks in a forest and there are no women around to hear him - will he still be wrong?