mod_rewrite url from php variable

Question

I'm having this issue which I can't figure out, I'd like to use mod_rewrite to do the following:

http://localhost/The+Beatles

into

http://localhost/artist.php?a=The+Beatles

I've tried following some examples on here and other sites and tayloring it to my needs I'm come up with the following but it's not working:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*) artist.php?a=$1

It seems to set the a variable to artist.php which I can't seem to figure out? Hope someone can help.

Dave

It's not resolving the url i've tried RewriteRule ^([a-z]/+)/?$ artist.php?a=$1 which will work if it's a single string I think it has a problem with the + maybe in between the words? — calabi
– calabi, Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 23:28
(1) I would better say RewriteRule ^(.*) artist.php?a=$1 [L] (2) mod_rewrite is usually not easy to setup correctly from fist go, so use RewriteLog /tmp/rewrite.log + RewriteLogLevel 2 so see what's going on. (3) If that does not help, tell us do you put the rules to server config or to .htaccess? — dma_k
– dma_k, Commented Aug 18, 2011 at 23:37

Phil · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-19 00:05:28Z

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You could try this set of rules (adapted from a vanilla Zend Framework project)

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ artist.php?a=$1 [L,QSA]

This will rewrite requests for non-existent files to your artists.php script whilst leaving normal requests for images, stylesheets, JavaScript, etc alone.

In your artist.php script, you simply access the original request via the $_GET['a'] variable.

edited Aug 19, 2011 at 0:05

answered Aug 18, 2011 at 23:26

Phil

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calabi Over a year ago

Hey Phill, tried this however I couldn't get it to work without 500 itnernal errors, removed everything but the last line and the [L, QSA] and it works and displays my page but it says $_GET['a'] = artist.php ?? not sure whats going on here :( thanks for your time

calabi Over a year ago

logs show [Thu Aug 18 23:48:34 2011] [alert] [client localhost] /var/www/.htaccess: RewriteLog not allowed here

Phil Over a year ago

@Dave What did it say before you added RewriteLog? Was it still erroring? FYI, RewriteLog is only allowed in server or virtualhost contexts

calabi Over a year ago

Got it! with the above code you gave me I get this : [Thu Aug 18 23:57:01 2011] [alert] [client localhost] /var/www/.htaccess: RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters

Phil Over a year ago

@Dave Try removing the space between L, and QSA (updated my answer)

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