Question

Mod rewrite

Asked by: KukiPei

Hi to all,

I am trying to change this url: games_details.php?game_id=52 to this: games_details/52
This is a .htaccess file I'm using:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^games_details/([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

 but it doesn't work.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks

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Answers

 

by: ingwaPosted on 2007-05-30 at 09:48:10ID: 19181509

Hi, try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule games_details/^([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-05-30 at 10:01:45ID: 19181621

It doesn't work.
I get the same result
I am getting to a correct page: games_details.php, but I don't get sent parameter value (game_id)

Thanks anyway

 

by: HackneyCabPosted on 2007-05-30 at 12:37:14ID: 19182889

Are you placing your rules into httpd.conf, or into a .htaccess file for the top-level folder?

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-05-30 at 13:26:24ID: 19183224

Did you restart the web server after making that change?

Are you using the rewrite log at all?  If not, find a handy place to store it (perhaps /var/log/rewrite.log), and try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog /path/to/log/file
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteRule games_details/^([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

Once you drop those lines in, restart the web server and browse to your rewrite URL.  Post the entries from the log file here.

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-05-31 at 00:54:59ID: 19186176

I'm placing my rules in .htaccess file.
Can you explain me please where I have to put these lines:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog /path/to/log/file
RewriteLogLevel 9
RewriteRule games_details/^([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

When I put it in .htaccess I get Internal Server Error.
Thanks a lot for helping me

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-05-31 at 00:59:50ID: 19186191

That's probably because you don't have a path to '/path/to/log/file'.  Replace that with the path to your log file.  Putting the lines into an .htaccess file is fine as long as your server is allowing directives in those files.  

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-05-31 at 02:34:43ID: 19186536

I have replaced it and It doesn't work. In apache error file I get this message:[Thu May 31 11:27:26 2007] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] D:/Web/LD/.htaccess: RewriteLog not allowed here

 

by: HackneyCabPosted on 2007-05-31 at 11:33:31ID: 19190448

That's a pretty simple Rewrite you're trying to do. Are you sure that mod_rewrite is available in your Apache build?

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-05-31 at 12:28:15ID: 19190793

My apologies.  The RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel belong in the vhost definition, or in the main server config.  It is a server- or site-wide configuration item.  

In your main server config:

RewriteLog /path/to/log/file
RewriteLogLevel 9

In your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule games_details/^([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-06-01 at 00:17:56ID: 19193389

Yes I'm sure that mod_rewrite is available.
RewriteLog:
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:44 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/index.php -> index.php
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:44 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'index.php'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:44 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/index.php
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/themes/default/style.css -> themes/default/style.css
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'themes/default/style.css'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/themes/default/style.css
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/themes/default/Oxygen_cs.css -> themes/default/Oxygen_cs.css
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'themes/default/Oxygen_cs.css'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/themes/default/Oxygen_cs.css
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/script/jscript.js -> script/jscript.js
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'script/jscript.js'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/script/jscript.js
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/images/blank.gif -> images/blank.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'images/blank.gif'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/images/blank.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/noimage.gif -> gameshots/download/noimage.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'gameshots/download/noimage.gif'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/noimage.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/gameshots/online/noimage.gif -> gameshots/online/noimage.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'gameshots/online/noimage.gif'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/gameshots/online/noimage.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/gameshots/online/directory/5.jpg -> gameshots/online/directory/5.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'gameshots/online/directory/5.jpg'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/gameshots/online/directory/5.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/images/logo.gif -> images/logo.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'images/logo.gif'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/images/logo.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/images/logo_under.gif -> images/logo_under.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'images/logo_under.gif'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141e030/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/images/logo_under.gif
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/directory/1487.jpg -> gameshots/download/directory/1487.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'gameshots/download/directory/1487.jpg'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1388588/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/directory/1487.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/directory/1479.jpg -> gameshots/download/directory/1479.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'gameshots/download/directory/1479.jpg'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:45 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#141c028/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/gameshots/download/directory/1479.jpg
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:46 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] add path info postfix: D:/Web/LD/games_details.php -> D:/Web/LD/games_details.php/1487
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:46 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/games_details.php/1487 -> games_details.php/1487
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:46 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern 'games_details/^([0-9]+)$' to uri 'games_details.php/1487'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:09:14:46 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#138a590/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/games_details.php

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-06-01 at 00:36:10ID: 19193445

<smacks himself>

Try this change:

RewriteRule ^games_details/([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-06-01 at 01:11:17ID: 19193587

It doesn't work

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-06-01 at 01:44:48ID: 19193680

Can you post the log?  You don't need to post the whole thing, just the final result of the main page.  The last 2-3 lines of your previous log is an example of the section I'm looking for.

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-06-01 at 02:32:15ID: 19193828

127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:11:29:52 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1401d60/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] add path info postfix: D:/Web/LD/games_details.php -> D:/Web/LD/games_details.php/1487
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:11:29:52 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1401d60/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] strip per-dir prefix: D:/Web/LD/games_details.php/1487 -> games_details.php/1487
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:11:29:52 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1401d60/initial] (3) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] applying pattern '^games_details/([0-9]+)$' to uri 'games_details.php/1487'
127.0.0.1 - - [01/Jun/2007:11:29:52 +0200] [localhost/sid#26bf58][rid#1401d60/initial] (1) [per-dir D:/Web/LD/] pass through D:/Web/LD/games_details.php


.htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^games_details/([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

Thanks again for trying to help

 

by: HackneyCabPosted on 2007-06-02 at 04:47:32ID: 19200376

Wait a minute . . .

Are you typing this into your browser: '/games_details.php/1487'?

The RewriteRule you're using is expecting: '/games_details/1487' without the .php file extension.

If you try without the .php extension, does it work?

 

by: routinetPosted on 2007-06-03 at 20:28:51ID: 19206048

Good catch, HackneyCab.  It was staring me in the face.  :)

If you absolutely need the .php extension on the file, try this line instead in your .htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^games_details\.php/([0-9]+)$ games_details.php?game_id=$1

 

by: KukiPeiPosted on 2007-06-05 at 01:23:23ID: 19215406

Thanks a lot, but it doesn't work.
I am giving up.
I've tryed everything.
I will split points to all of you.

Thanks again and best regards

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