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So nobody knows how to do this?
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Hi,<br />
<br />
the second point could be done like this<br />
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RewriteEngine On<br />
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RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 &nbsp; ## remove trailing slash<br />
RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)$ &nbsp; &nbsp;/article.php?id=$1 &nbsp;[R,L] &nbsp; &nbsp;## redirect to the URL and stop the processing<br />
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<br />
david
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Hi,

the second point could be done like this

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1   ## remove trailing slash
RewriteRule ^/articles/(.*)$    /article.php?id=$1  [R,L]    ## redirect to the URL and stop the processing


david

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I wanted to do the two following things with mod_rewrite (or any other mod if possible):<br />
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1) Prevent hotlinking<br />
2) Resolve relative URL's (such as /articles/9/ would actually read articles.php?ID=9)<br />
<br />
Thanks in advance.
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I wanted to do the two following things with mod_rewrite (or any other mod if possible):

1) Prevent hotlinking
2) Resolve relative URL's (such as /articles/9/ would actually read articles.php?ID=9)

Thanks in advance.

mod_rewrite questions

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