Passing strings to GT's mod_rewrite

Nuke Cadet Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 7

I'm trying to convert a module (Guiki) to use SEO friendly URLs, I've had some success, but can't get over the final stumbling block.

The normal URL takes the form:

modules.php?name=Guiki&MODE=SHOW&PAGE=Science Definitions

the .htaccess entry I've added is:

RewriteRule ^dictionary-show-([[:punct:]/:\-\'%{}()._&a-zA-Z0-9+=]*).html modules.php?name=Guiki&MODE=SHOW&PAGE=$1

Given that the only parameter for the URL is PAGE, there is a space in what is constructed for the URL as you can see above "Science Definitions" which is why I've got the % character in the line above, as space gets converted to %20.

What's happening is I get a url which is http://www.domain.com/dictionary-show-science.html instead of

http://www.domain.com/dictionary-show-science%20definitions.html

When I enter that URL manually I get a page not found. I've tried adding an entry in the Googletap folder by creating a file called GT-Guiki.php and using the array in there, but the same results.

Please can anyone help? Confusing I know, but really do want to crack this one. GT isn't being developed any more I'm aware of that, but I'm hoping someone has the mod rewrite skills needed to help.

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:36 pm

Try using this instead:

Code:

RewriteRule ^dictionary-show-([a-zA-Z0-9+=\%]*).html modules.php?name=Guiki&MODE=SHOW&PAGE=$1 [L]

There is really no need to be passing so much inside of your regex, try thinking about what passed through the page variable and adjust accordingly. Looking at the above, the space in Science Definitions, the % was added to take into account the Hex for space (%20).

The other side is what is getting converted inside of your Guiki mod in the GT-Guiki.php file. Post your GT-Guiki stuff up here so I can see what you have. Smile

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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:37 pm

Try using this instead:

Code:

RewriteRule ^dictionary-show-([a-zA-Z0-9+=\%]*).html modules.php?name=Guiki&MODE=SHOW&PAGE=$1 [L]

There is really no need to be passing so much inside of your regex, try thinking about what passed through the page variable and adjust accordingly. Looking at the above, the space in Science Definitions, the % was added to take into account the Hex for space (%20).

The other side is what is getting converted inside of your Guiki mod in the GT-Guiki.php file. Post your GT-Guiki stuff up here so I can see what you have. Smile

Long time no see people! Smile

Hope everyone is good! sting, good to see that name! hehe. Smile

Nuke Cadet Joined: Feb 15, 2006 Posts: 7

I am absolutely over the moon, mr Audioslaved himself *prays* !!

Thank you so much for the advice, I'll try that out. Can I contact you via email about some problems that I've got with GT Nextgen, it's worked great for a long time, but for some reason the URL's have changed slightly recently, and my old news articles aren't accessible as it's not entering the article number in the url, also adding the word "thread"

Its complicated, but I can explain in these forums if you'd prefer that.

Thanks once again, and glad to know you're still around. You've done some great work, lets hope you continue Smile