Re: using slash as delimiter

> okay, i swear, this *must* be a FAQ. :-) I looked on php.net's FAQ and > php.faqts.com, but couldn't find it. Ah, but did you check the Mailing List archives? Though, I must admit, figuring out what to use for a search term is kinda tough for this one... > How do I use slashes to delimit query string (url) paramters? > > i.e., I want > http://foo.com/name/paul > instead of > http://foo.com/?name=paul Use mod_rewrite There's an article on phpbuilder.com (?) about it. A 'Net search of "PHP and Rewrite" should turn it up. The Apache docs by Ralf Engelshall (sp?) are *excellent*, especially the samples. [Actually, his docs on SSL are also most excellent as well :-)] *TIP*: You *WANT* to use RewriteLogLevel 9 and RewriteLog /some/path/you/can/find/rewrite.log, and you *WANT* to use tail -f on that sucker while you are figuring out what the heck these rewrite rules are doing. Any other attempts at analysis will leave you with a headache. Promise. I repeat: LOOK AT THE LOG FILE FOR REWRITE. IT TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING ON. IN DETAIL. *TIP*: There's some stuff in those docs about being in "directory" (.htaccess) and "non-directory" status. I found those particular statements rather... obtuse. :-) Translation: Sometimes you need %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} in your RewriteCond and/or RewriteRule, and sometimes you don't. It depends on if you are inside a <Directory> directive in httpd.conf (or in .htaccess file) or if you are just hanging loose in the "top-level" of your httpd.conf file. If your rules aren't firing (or fire too often), it's because you ain't got that path right, almost for sure. Apache/Rewrite is not going to "fill in" the path for you. Except when you're in a <Directory> section or .htaccess where it is going to fill it in :-) -- Visit the Zend Store at http://www.zend.com/store/ Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm