mod_rewrite / query_string

Question

I get some basic results from a mysql database and list it on a page, on the page I've added the links with the variable user_id:

href=\"http://localhost/TESTING/template.php?user_id=$user_id\" >click here

On the template.php file I'll get the $user_id and display the relevant full data.

The thing is I don't want user_id=249 http://localhost/TESTING/template.php?**user_id=**249 to show in the url I'd like something like "http://localhost/TESTING/template.php/249".

I've been looking into this for a few days now with no success, is this possible? Or does the template file need the user_id=$user_id to be displayed in order to get the variable?

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To update: I added the code

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /TESTING/

RewriteRule ^template.php/([0-9]+)(/)?$ template.php?user_id=$1 [L]

Changed the link variable to href="localhost/TESTING/template.php/{$user_id}" >click here

The re-write now works, but I'm not getting the variable with $user_id = $_GET["user_id"]; on the template.php page

I added the following to the template.php page to see whats being passed through the url:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors',1);
echo '<b>$_GET Variables</b><pre>';
var_dump( $_GET );
echo '</pre>';
?>

and got the following response:

$_GET Variables

array(1) { ["user_id"]=> string(2) "21" }

How to get the variable?

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To update now works! {$user_id} in the link not {user_id} - could of swore i tried both ways.

also let us know what server/set up i.e windows/unix

Shaun Hare
– Shaun Hare

2011-02-18 14:19:41 +00:00
Commented Feb 18, 2011 at 14:19 — Shaun Hare
– Shaun Hare, Commented Feb 18, 2011 at 14:19

radonys · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-18 14:20:03Z

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Note that mod_rewrite only works on an Apache server.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /TESTING/

RewriteRule ^template.php/([0-9]+)(/)?$ template.php?user_id=$1 [L]

answered Feb 18, 2011 at 14:20

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Robert Over a year ago

This looks like something I've been trying to get to work but this still shows the url as: localhost/TESTING/template.php?user_id=249

Robert Over a year ago

I'm running xampp btw and have checked if mod_rewrite is enabled.

Spencer Hakim Over a year ago

I don't think you understand how mod_rewrite works. It doesn't rewrite the URLs you output, it only rewrites the URL requests it receives to another URL.

radonys Over a year ago

When you link to the page, don't use href="localhost/TESTING/template.php?user_id=$user_id" >click here.... Use: href="localhost/TESTING/template.php/{$user_id}" >click here

Robert Over a year ago

thanks radu, getting somewhere now, it displays the page with the new url but without any of the variables, so my mysql_query on the template page isn't finding the {user_id} variable. this is what i use: $user_id = $_GET["user_id"];

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pdu · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-18 14:11:32Z

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I don't want to be inpolite, but there are a lot of manuals in the interwebs, e.g.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

which explains, with examples, everything you need. What have you tried so far? So we can explain what's wrong.

answered Feb 18, 2011 at 14:11

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Robert Over a year ago

Well, for example the post by radu is similar to what I've been trying but with no luck.

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