Question about RewriteRule?

your_shadow03 · 12-19-2009, 01:08 PM

Can anyone explain me what does these line means?

Code:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^test.hotel.com$

RewriteRule ^/seaHome.form$ /seaHome.form?brandCode=AIR$1
RewriteRule ^/manage/images/UI/(.*) http://image.peogos.com/images/UI/$1 [P]
RewriteRule ^/$ /searchHome.form [R=301]

Names has been changed..so anyone who can refer me docs which can explain in detail regarding the entries.

jstephens84 · 12-19-2009, 01:37 PM

They are used to rewrite the url so that it will be seen as pretty urls instead of the ?variable=value. Check out apache mod_rewrite for more information.

However I am not sure what the top and bottom Rules are. They don't look like the normal rules I am use to using. Then again I am still pretty new to using mod_rewrite.

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 12:59 AM

Guys,

I am in search for RewriteRule on Apache explained through examples.

jstephens84 · 12-20-2009, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by your_shadow03

Guys,

I am in search for RewriteRule on Apache explained through examples.

http://www.workingwith.me.uk/article...ng/mod_rewrite

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

I am hoping to get this book soon. http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Gui...1292690&sr=8-1

Web31337 · 12-20-2009, 01:07 AM

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/rewrite/

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 01:11 AM

I read that But have few issues.
I am not able to understand:

Code:

RewriteRule   ^/~([^/]+)/?(.*)    /u/$1/$2  [R]

What does ^/ sign means?

what does [^/]+ the plus sign means?

what does (.*) means?

Anyone who have clear understanding what these sign means?

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 01:14 AM

I read the Apache links..but that seems totally confusing !!!
Don't we have any GUI tools or simple implementation with reWrite?

jstephens84 · 12-20-2009, 01:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by your_shadow03

I read that But have few issues.
I am not able to understand:

Code:

RewriteRule   ^/~([^/]+)/?(.*)    /u/$1/$2  [R]

What does ^/ sign means?

what does [^/]+ the plus sign means?

what does (.*) means?

Anyone who have clear understanding what these sign means?

They are regular expressions. The mod_rewrite makes heavy use of them. Like the * means 0 or more of the precedding or can mean any characters the ^ normaly means the begining while the $ will mean the end. + is one or more of the precedding and the ? zero or one of the preceding.

use this as a guide http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expression

Regular expressions can take a while to get down and they are easily forgotten.

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 01:25 AM

http://www.webreference.com/programming/Mod_Rewrite/

I loved this Link...Made my day little easier

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 01:28 AM

jstephens84..Thanks for the wiki.
Now I have got the clear understanding..
Let see how much difficult it is to implement that.

your_shadow03 · 12-20-2009, 01:34 AM

I am stuck at :

Code:

RewriteRule ^/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/guides/$

Code:

RewriteRule ^/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/(guides)/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)(-)(city)(-)(guide)(.htm)$  /viewCityGuide.form?languageCode=$1&countryName=$3&cityName=$4&ln=${languageMapping:$1}  [QSA,PT,L]

Any idea how to interpret?

your_shadow03 · 12-26-2009, 11:09 AM

Anyone who can help me with this?

jstephens84 · 12-27-2009, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by your_shadow03

I am stuck at :

Code:

RewriteRule ^/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/guides/$

Code:

RewriteRule ^/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/(guides)/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)/([a-zA-Z[-a-zA-Z]+]*)(-)(city)(-)(guide)(.htm)$  /viewCityGuide.form?languageCode=$1&countryName=$3&cityName=$4&ln=${languageMapping:$1}  [QSA,PT,L]

Any idea how to interpret?

Not sure I totaly understand the first one but I think it means look for anything that has letters A-Z or a-z (has to be at least one or more) followed by /guides/. The last line looks the same but they both seem to be missing dome things.

the format is normally
RewriteRule pattern replacement [flags]