Date: 04/08/05 (PHP Community)    Keywords: php, browser, css, html, web, apache

I'm trying to use mod_rewrite to intercept all requests made to my web server and route them to a php file (index.php) which then parses the request and does what it can to serve the appropriate page. I'm doing this in an effort to use meaningful URLS as opposed to query strings.

I have everything about half-working but I can't send headers from index.php, which is important because not only do I need to be able to generate 404 errors, but the files that will be included by index.php need to set their own headers (content-type, content-language).


These are the lines I'm using in .htaccess for mod_rewrite:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule index.php$ - [L]
RewriteRule !\.(jpg|gif|css)$ /index.php [L]

if ($url_array[0] == 'poems') { // POEMS SUBDIRECTORY
	require('lists.php'); // GET LISTS
	$get = 'poems';
	if (array_search($url_array[1], $poem_list)) {
		$which = $url_array[1];
		include('get.php');
	}
	else {
		if (!headers_sent()) {
			header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
		}
	}
}
else {
	if (!headers_sent()) {
		header('HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found');
	}
}

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/php/281753.html