--- In [email protected], "Marian Briones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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
Marian
Here is a process I use with great results. There are several files
involved so they can be used on multiple pages.
First, the .htaccess file to convert a URL into an Associate ID:
RewriteEngine On
Options FollowSymLinks
# make all html files act like PHP files
AddType application/x-httpd-php .html
# If request is not for html, htm, php, txt, gif, jpeg, jpg, or png
files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.(html?|php|txt|gif|jpe?
g|png|css|js|inc|tpl|doc|pdf|csv|ppt)$
# and if the current query string does not include an aff id
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !r=
# and the requested resource does not exist as a directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# append aff query string to URL and any existing query string
RewriteRule (.*) /?r=$1 [QSA,L]
/* /inc/requestref.php
Get refid and create session to prevent jumping into other associate
sites. Put this and the other included files into a .htaccess
protected includes 'inc' folder.
*/
<?php
// Select the request variable r. If blank or missing set to 3000.
if(isset($_SESSION["r"])) {
$r = $_SESSION["r"];
}
elseif(!isset($_SESSION["r"])) {
session_register("r");
if(!$_REQUEST["r"]) { $_SESSION["r"] = "3000"; }
else {
$_SESSION["r"] = $_REQUEST["r"];
}
}
else {
session_register("r");
$_SESSION["r"] = "3000";
}
$sid = session_id();
?>
/* /inc/1-top.html to be included in all pages */
<?php
@require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/inc/db.php");
$MemQuery = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM associates WHERE uid='".$r."'
LIMIT 1");
if(!$MemQuery) {
die();
}
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($MemQuery)) {
$mem_id = $row["uid"];
$mem_fname = $row["firstname"];
$mem_lname = $row["lastname"];
/*
phone number is split into 3 parts in the database for sorting and
searching the area code and prefixes
*/
$mem_phone = $row["day_areacode"]."-".$row["day_prefix"]."-".$row
["day_suffix"];
$mem_email = $row["email"];
}
?>
/* index.html */
<?php session_start();
@require($_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"]."/inc/requestref.php");
?>
<!-- the rest of your page goes here -->
Hope this helps.
Jim Hutchinson
http://www.websitemanagers.net
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