Hi - I got it all solved without the symlink. What I was trying to do was to let a registered member create their own virtual webspace. Say I want to be able to display my profile to someone if they go to the url www.mymembershipsite/catlady
Catlady is my chosen name for this thing; myspace.com does this actually. It was deciding how that was going to work. I found the .htaccess Rewrite Rules solved this for me. I merely have it append the user's desired namd (after checking for duplicity) and appending it to the .htaccess file. The thing for me to think about later is if a user is deleted, I'll have to manually rewrite the .htaccess file, but I can see storing that information in another database table and writing it out if that happens (something to think of). Thanks for everyone's help on this. I learned a lot and I hope I can pass the things I learn here onto others. Marian --- In [email protected], Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marian Briones > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >--- In [email protected], Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marian Briones > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >> >The way people would come upon this page is by typing something like: > >> > > >> >www.somedomain.com/cat > >> > > >> >cat would be a symlink to a php page that would bring in 'cat's > >> >information from the database, hence displaying cat's 'web page.' > >> > >> Have you looked at RewriteRule in your .htaccess? > >No, what's that? (Google time again).. > > If you have > mysite.com/cat > htaccess could change it to > mysite.com/homepage.php?ID=123 > > and look it up in a database. > > >. > >> > >> What I don't understand, is why, if you are using a database, you need > >> separate folders (as you seemed to be implying earlier) > > > >I dumped that (lousy) idea. Way too crude and inefficient to have a > >zillion subdirs. > > So, what are you trying to do? > > >> > >> type in somedomain.com/cat > >> (Look up cat in a database) > > > >Okay well how would I look up cat in the db to send the variable? > > It is possible (read 'unusual' but it works) to set up a custom 404 > error page, that recognises that the tail (cat) is a name, and forward > the user to > mysite.com/homepage.php?ID=123 > > > > > >(bordering on insanity) > > > >Thanks, Pete! Hope I can manage to get this together before I lose > >all of my hair... > > I am no longer clear what you are trying to do - and it sounds as though > you aren't either! <G> > > Please tell again... > > -- > Pete Clark > > http://www.hotcosta.com > http://www.spanishholidaybookings.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hhd58ri/M=362329.6886308.7839368.1510227/D=groups/S=1705005703:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123431127/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Community email addresses: Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shortcut URL to this page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/php-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
