Posted by Kentor on 05/09/07 17:42

On May 9, 8:11 am, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 9, 12:50 pm, Kentor <ken...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
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> > On May 9, 7:12 am, shimmyshack <matt.fa...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > On May 9, 2:30 am, Kentor <ken...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > Is there a way to have a rewrite done for two files for the same path?
> > > > like this:
>
> > > > RewriteRule ^area/(.*) indexMap1.php?area=$1 [L,QSA]
> > > > RewriteRule ^area/(.*) indexMapContents1.php?area=$1 [L,QSA]
>
> > > > Your probably thinking "why would you wanna do that?"
>
> > > > The reason why I want to do this is because indexMap1.php is accessed
> > > > with a subdomain as following:http://something.mywebsite.com....
> > > > something goes into some var already before these 2 rewrite rules this
> > > > way:
>
> > > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?([^.]+)\.mywebsite\.com
> > > > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.mywebsite\.com
> > > > RewriteRule ^$ indexMap1.php?location=%2 [L,QSA]
>
> > > > now, inside my indexMap1.php file I'm using indexMapContents1.php as a
> > > > javascript like this:
>
> > > > echo "<script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"/indexMapContents1.php
> > > > \"></script>";
>
> > > > and then inside that file I tell it that its actually a JS file and
> > > > not a php...
>
> > > > so I need the rewrite to catchhttp://something.mywebsite.com/area/"this_part_here"
> > > > from the indexMapContents1.php file but I also need that same part
> > > > used in the indexMap1.php file...
>
> > > > Any suggestions on how I could do this would really help. I've already
> > > > spent so much time on this and the only alternative I found was to
> > > > create a cookie in indexMap1.php and get it back in
> > > > indexMapContents1.php
>
> > > > Thanks
>
> > >http://something.mywebsite.com/area/region_name
> > > -->
> > > indexMap1.php?location=region_name
>
> > > inside indexMap?location=region_name
> > > -------8<-----
> > > $location = filtered($_GET['location']);
> > > #where filtered is a function which makes sure that the location is
> > > checked against allowed values, and that it does not contain html, and
> > > that it is urlencoded.
> > > echo '<script
> > > type="text/javascript"
> > > src="/indexMapContents1.php?area='.$location.'">
> > > </script>';
> > > --------------------------
>
> > > this would produce markup like so
> > > <script type="text/javascript" src="/indexMapContents1.php?
> > > area=region_name"></script>
>
> > > inside indexMapContents1.php
> > > ---------------8<--------------
> > > $location = filtered($_GET['location']);
> > > //use $location as normal
> > > --------------------------------
>
> > Awsome that worked :) thanks a lot.
>
> sorry for the type it should have been
> src="/indexMapContents1.php?location='.$location.'">
> of course, but I got confused!

Yea you almost got it right the first time... I just needed this part:
src="/indexMapContents1.php?area=whatever"... I didn't know I could do
that. Thanks again

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