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Or better yet if I name it r instead of ref.<br />
domain.com/index.php?r=154<wbr /><br />
domain.com/?r=154
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Or better yet if I name it r instead of ref.
domain.com/index.php?r=154
domain.com/?r=154

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I don't think you want mod_rewrite at all for this. &nbsp;What you want is a properly set DefaultDocument directive.<br />
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I'm presuming you want users to click on a link for &quot;<a href="http://domain1.com/?r=154" rel="ugc">http://domain1.com/?r=154</a>&quot;&nbsp;and arrive at your index.php. &nbsp;Is that correct?
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I don't think you want mod_rewrite at all for this.  What you want is a properly set DefaultDocument directive.

I'm presuming you want users to click on a link for "http://domain1.com/?r=154 [http://domain1.com/?r=154]" and arrive at your index.php.  Is that correct?

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Ray, I just tried it without mod-rewrite and it works. :P
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Ray, I just tried it without mod-rewrite and it works. :P

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Hello,<br />
<br />
So I have a site:<br />
domain.com/index.php?ref=1<wbr />54<br />
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ref contains ID of referrer who gets an award if someone signs up trough his link.<br />
However, Id like to make link shorter and look like this:<br />
domain.com/?ref=154<br />
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I've never used mod_rewrite before, but I think it could do this job. I only want this to work with index.php.<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hello,

So I have a site:
domain.com/index.php?ref=154

ref contains ID of referrer who gets an award if someone signs up trough his link.
However, Id like to make link shorter and look like this:
domain.com/?ref=154

I've never used mod_rewrite before, but I think it could do this job. I only want this to work with index.php.

Thanks

mod_rewrite noob here

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