Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/20/06 02:38

jonnyblazed@gmail.com wrote:
> On Oct 19, 6:16 pm, Andy Hassall <a...@andyh.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>On 19 Oct 2006 15:12:50 -0700, "jonnybla...@gmail.com" <jonnybla...@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I've searched everywhere for this but I'm not sure exactly what to
>>>search for.
>>
>>>What I am trying to do is pass a variable to a php script via the URL.
>>>However, I don't want to use the standard "?name=value format." I want
>>>to either pass the variable as "value website.com" or
>>>"website.com/value" where the script is stored in some directory
>>>"website.com/script/index.php" and the value gets stored in a variable
>>>declared within my php script.
>>
>>>I have seen this done but I just need some guidance on how to go about
>>>doing it. Look up "mod_rewrite" for Apache.
>>
>>--
>>Andy Hassall :: a...@andyh.co.uk ::http://www.andyh.co.ukhttp://www.andyhsoftware.co.uk/space:: disk and FTP usage analysis tool
>
> I've read a little bit now about mod_rewrite. So, just testing it with
> a simple rule I can't get it to work... I placed the following at the
> top of my .htaccess file:
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule shortcut u/user/index.html
>
> I am using GoDaddy and they have mod_rewrite installed and enabled by
> default on all their servers. So, I know thats not the issue.
>
> I've also tried using a few regexp's like ^?/shortcut$?, ^/shortcut$,
> ^/?shortcut$ and so on, but none seem to work...
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
>
> PS
> u/user/index.html DOES exist.
>
>
>

(Top posting fixed)

Try alt.apache.configuration. They should be able to help you with this
apache configuration problem.

P.S. Please don't top post. Thanks.

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