Posted by Justin Koivisto on 02/11/06 09:04

frizzle wrote:
> Justin Koivisto wrote:
>
>>frizzle wrote:
>>
>>>Hi group,
>>>
>>>I know this isn't the right group, but i didn't know what group else it
>>>should be.
>>>I have a php/mySQL system, wich uses mod rewrite to enhance urls.
>>>
>>>I have the following RewriteRule:
>>>
>>> RewriteRule
>>>^news(/[0-9]{4}(/[0-9]{2}(/[A-z0-9_-]+)?)?)?)?(/(index\.html)?)?$
>>>index.php
>>>
>>>Allows urls as:
>>>
>>> domain.com / news / 2006 / 02 / some_news-itemName / index.html
>>>
>>>structure:
>>>
>>> domain / news / year / month / news item's name
>>>
>>>A trailing slash, and optionally 'index.html' are alwas allowed this
>>>way, an item name can only be given if a month is defined, which can
>>>only be defined if a year is defined.
>>>
>>>Now how can i divide the different information parts into $_GET in the
>>>url, like
>>>
>>> index.php?year=2006&month=02&topic=some_news-itemName
>>>
>>>$1 gives me: /2006/02/some_news-itemName
>>>$2 gives me: /02/some_news-itemName
>>>$3 gives me: /some_news-itemName
>>>$4 gives me: /index.html
>>>$5 gives me: index.html
>>>
>>>So i'd like the $_GET's to be more 'precise'.
>>
>>Try something like this (notice where the groups are and the ? operator):
>>
>>RewriteRule ^news(/[0-9]{4})?(/([0-9]{2}))?(/([^/]+))?(/(index\.html))?$
>>index.php?year=$1&month=$3&topic=$5
>
>
> Doesn't this allow me to define a month in the url, without defining a
> year?

Yes, that would, maybe something more like this then (untested):

RewriteRule ^news(/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})/([^/]+))?(/(index\.html)?)?$
index.php?year=$2&month=$3&topic=$4

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