Simple Pretty URLS

[lord_spaceman]

Hi guys

Please can you help me out. I'm busy modifying my .htaccess file, but not having any luck (me = n00b)

I have a simple website (eg. http://localhost/test/) with various sections (eg. http://localhost/test/services.php, http://localhost/test/about.php) - basically any sections ends in .php

How do I got about simplifying the URL so it just reads http://localhost/test/services (drops the .php part)

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /test/
RewriteRule ^services test/services.php
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Thanks

 

[mh348]

Hi guys

Please can you help me out. I'm busy modifying my .htaccess file, but not having any luck (me = n00b)

I have a simple website (eg. http://localhost/test/) with various sections (eg. http://localhost/test/services.php, http://localhost/test/about.php) - basically any sections ends in .php

How do I got about simplifying the URL so it just reads http://localhost/test/services (drops the .php part)

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /test/
RewriteRule ^services test/services.php
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Thanks

Create a separate folder for each eg. test/services and place a index.php in the folder. basically just rename the services.php to index.php but in the new folder 'services'

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Just a shot in the dark here - try specifying ^(services)/?$ instead of just ^services...

 

[murraybiscuit]

Check out: http://www.addedbytes.com/apache/url-rewriting-for-beginners/

You'll have to look very hard to find a single site which has such concise information on the basic principles of web coding.

While you're about it, download all the cheat sheets.

 

[murraybiscuit]

I just saw the code now. If you're doing this for wordpress, you obviously have to be running on apache first and foremost. Then just change your permalink settings to the following: custom structure - /%postname%/%post_id%/

 

[Nod]

In your apache conf, you should be able to use something like:

# PHP 4
AddHandler php-script php
AddType text/html php

# PHP 5
AddHandler php5-script php
AddType text/html php

Got this from: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/faq.installation.php

It will then detect the type of file, instead of going bying extention.

Or using the .htaccess file:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080201100557AAS2mcH