This is some really great stuff, and because I am a little new at this, I want to clarify. If I devise a page, called profile.php, and use the database to extract and display the content of the user, using the ?username=xxxxx. This way I will not have to write a page for each user, but rather write one page, and use often.
Thanks for all the help nick --- Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Bob > Sawyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > > > > > >--- Brian Cummiskey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> use mod_rewrite in the profiles directory to make > it appear as > >> username.php > > > >So, even after Googling "mod_rewrite" and viewing a > few different > >articles on it, I'm no closer to understanding > exactly how to do what I > >proposed in my previous reply, which is to take > > > >http://www.domain.com/profiles.php?user=foo > > > >appear as > > > >http://www.domain.com/profiles/user/ > > > >Could we get a quick tutorial, please? :-) > > That is possibly because you are doing it > 'backwards' - most people > would want it to work the other way, so I expect > that you will see most > examples the other way round. > > I would guess at > RewriteRule ^profiles.php?user=(.*) /profiles/$1 > > In your example, your 'foo' is accepted into (.*) > and spit out as $1. > > I *know* this works - because it is part of my > htaccess: > RewriteRule ^detail/(.*).htm /detail.php?C=$1 > which takes an entry of > mydomain dot com/detail/23.htm > and converts it to > mydomain dot com/detail.php?C=23 > to get rid of the ?C=23. > > -- > Pete Clark > Check me out! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/
