[RESOLVED] .htaccess mod rewrite

[Derokorian]

Ok so I have this .htaccess file and I'm confused how to get it to do what I want. Here is the code

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.+) $1 [L]

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]

It works perfectly as is, but I'm trying to add it so that if there is more to it for example /viewgal/photos/2 or /viewgal/photos/landscape/3 basically I want everything after photos in this case to be added to &qry=landscape/3. I tried adding this:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*/*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]
-or-
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/([.*/]*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]

But that doesn't work. Basically I want everything after that to be in one $_GET variable called $qry that I can process how i want in each controller. Basically it goes /controller/function/arg/ume/nts and i want it to rewrite to index.php?resource=controller&page=function&qry=arg/ume/nts Like i said as long as I don't send arguments it works just fine, I'm trying to add arguments and I can't figure out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[scragar]

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]

Try that.

[Derokorian]

I've tried that it only works as long as there is only a third "argument" passed. IE:

example.com/gallery/viewimg/25
however if i wanted to do more agurments all arguments starting at 3 i just want to set to qry IE:
example.com/blog/viewpost/2011/march/25/1872-its-my-fav-day
would break and I don't want to have to create a rule for every possible number of spoofed subfolders

[scragar]

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/([./]*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]

Try that.

[Derokorian]

Nope let me show you what my get array looks like using that:
example.com/blog/viewpost/2011/march/23/1872-its-a-good-day
turns into:

array
  'resource' => string 'blog/viewpost/2011/march/23' (length=27)
  'page' => string '1872-its-a-good-day' (length=19)

maybe I need to use regex to specify first and second sections as numbers and letters only?

I'll try that let you know how it goes.

[scragar]

I figure non-/s should work:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([./]*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]

[Derokorian]

Close, got it working with a little change. Here's my final .htaccess doing exactly what I want:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule (.+) $1 [L]

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/(.*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]

example:
example.com/blog/viewpost/2011/march/23/1872-its-a-good-day
returns:
array
  'resource' => string 'blog' (length=4)
  'page' => string 'viewpost' (length=8)
  'qry' => string '2011/march/23/1872-its-a-good-day' (length=33)

Thanks so much scragar!

[scragar]

Quick notes for shortening that, ? means optional:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/?$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]

is the same as

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]

You might also want to use + in place of * to catch a minimum of 1 character, ensuring that your conditions will work in different orders, just in case you move things around or add new rules in future.

[Derokorian]

if I do optional:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/(.*)$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2&qry=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?$ index.php?resource=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/?$ index.php?resource=$1 [L]

I end up with an extra thing being set when there is a trailing slash.. should these be in reverse ordeR?

EG:
example.com/blog/
gives:
array
  'resource' => string 'blog' (length=4)
  'page' => string '' (length=0)

NVM now I see why you say to use plus sign... Works with plus sign as expected! Thanks again! Much appreciated.

[source206]

thanks for this, i was trying to do the same with .htcaccess