Posted by frizzle on 02/11/06 13:21

Justin Koivisto wrote:
> 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

Not to be a nag, but this forces me to use all 3 parameters. So i
would'nt be able to
browse e.g. a month, or a year ...

Frizzle.

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