mod rewrite dynamic php values

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My first blast at mod rewrite. I have this horrible link below whihc takes you to a profile page. On the profile page I fetch the user based on the i parameter.

    <a href="engineer-profile.php?country=<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['country']));?>&area=<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['area'])); ?>&i=<?php echo $row['id'];?>&name=<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['name']));?> " class="btn btn-md btn-bitbucket"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> View Profile</a>

I've been trying to make a mod rewrite so the link looks like follows

/uk/southport/23/company-name/

so far I have this in my .htaccess file

  RewriteEngine on
  RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)$ engineer-profile.php?country=$1&area=$2&i=$3&name=$4 [L]

now if I restructure my link so it looks as follows:

   <a href="/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['country']));?>/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['area'])); ?>/<?php echo $row['id'];?>/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['name']));?> " class="btn btn-md btn-bitbucket"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> View Profile</a>

I get a page not found error. Ive also tried

  <a href="engineer-profile/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['country']));?>/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['area'])); ?>/<?php echo $row['id'];?>/<?php echo str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['name']));?> " class="btn btn-md btn-bitbucket"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> View Profile</a>

Ive also checked mod rewrite is on and it is as it works with basic testing fine. Can someone please explain where I'm going wrong and how I can fix it?

Your numbers (23) don't match [a-zA-Z_]+).

Farkie
– Farkie

2015-07-31 14:04:49 +00:00
Commented Jul 31, 2015 at 14:04 — Farkie
– Farkie, Commented Jul 31, 2015 at 14:04

Professor Abronsius · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 14:55:44Z

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engineer-profile.php ( example )
--------------------------------
<?php
   echo '<pre>';
   print_r( $_GET );
   echo '</pre>';
?>


<?php
    $id=$row['id'];
    $country=str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['country']));
    $area=str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['area']));
    $name=str_replace(' ','-',strtolower($row['name']))

    echo "<a href='/$country/$area/$id/$name' class='btn btn-md btn-bitbucket'><i class='fa fa-user'></i>View Profile</a>";
?>

# .htaccess
#  required format
#  /uk/southport/23/company-name/

# the following requires that rewritebase is specified, viz:-
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z\_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+)/([0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\_\-]+)(/?)$ /engineer-profile.php?country=$1&area=$2&i=$3&company=$4 [NC,L]

# there were a couple of omissions from original - this works now though. The demo engineer-profile.php will output the following

Array
(
    [country] => uk
    [area] => southport
    [i] => 23
    [company] => company-name
)

edited Jul 31, 2015 at 14:55

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 14:22

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Daniel Robinson Over a year ago

awesome. When I use this example and thank you by the way @RamRaider I just get page not found. engineer-profile.php is definitely there though as it was working before mod rewrite

Farkie · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 14:28:20Z

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Your URL doesn't match the route. You need to expand what you allow into the rule.

RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)/([a-zA-Z_0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z_]+)(/?)$ engineer-profile.php?country=$1&area=$2&i=$3&name=$4 [L]

edited Jul 31, 2015 at 14:28

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 14:05

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Daniel Robinson Over a year ago

cool am I right with my actual link as I think thats the bit I'm not really understanding. When I link to the page I link with /uk/southport/1/company/ or do I use the original link and mod rewrite rewrites the name for me?

Daniel Robinson Over a year ago

ive tried both and neither work. Just getting the page not found

Farkie Over a year ago

Nope, it won't convert it for you - you need to use the new link (/uk/southport/1/company) I've just noticed you have an end slash on the end. I'll edit my answer

Daniel Robinson Over a year ago

sorry here is a proper link. if you search for builder, uk, pr97tf you will see where the link is made. its when you click profile. parrotsearch.co.uk/search-form.php

MaggsWeb · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-31 14:05:00Z

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As your using strtolower() and str_replace() spaces to dashes in your link generation, and have numbers in there.. ..your rewrite rule cases should be ([0-9a-z\_\-]+) to allow numbers, lowercase letters, underscores and dashes, and no need for upper case values.

answered Jul 31, 2015 at 14:05

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