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Ah. Very odd.
I misinterpreted the NS flag
I had:
RewriteRule ^/users/([\d]{1,9})$ /users/?id=$1 [QSA,L]
Now I have
RewriteRule ^/users/([\d]{1,9})(/)?$ /users/?id=$1 [QSA,NS,L]
And it all works fine.
I realized that I wasn't seeing an actual redirect, but the query
string was appeneded into the browser location.
With the NS, flag, the query string will not show. I'm not sure why
that happens or how. Maybe its in part because I'm running this on
localhost.
festive festivus,
Jonathan
On Dec 24, 2005, at 9:10 AM, John ORourke wrote:
I'll give you the mod_rewrite solution but a mod_perl handler
version is similarly simple.
RewriteRule /user/(.+)(/profile)? /user/profile?id=$1 [NS]
This creates an internal subrequest (ie. users don't see it) for
the new URI, and if I remember rightly mod_rewrite will sort out
your query string for you. If you have collisions with the 'id'
parameter I'd suggest changing your program logic - HTTP doesn't
strongly define parameter ordering or precedence so you might get
unexpected results!
mod_rewrite only does an external redirect (so users see it) if the
destination URI is absolute (http://...) or if you add the 'R' flag
(like this: "..... ?id=$1 [R,NS]" )
$preferred_term_of_merriment $choice_of_religious_holiday,
John
