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12-08-2005, 03:04 PM

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?id=9_0_7_0_C

Right, so i've just setup a mod-rewrite that goes like:

http://www.webpage.com/tutorial/9_0_7_0_C/

Now i need to 'hack' my CMS, it currently displays it as "?id=9_0_7_0_C". Is there any way-what-so-ever to get rid of "?id=" and just display the "9_0_7_0_C" ??

Thanks for any help in advance.

12-08-2005, 03:31 PM

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We'd need to know the internal workings of your CMS. A name would be a good start.

12-08-2005, 03:49 PM

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I think all i need to do is a find and replace on "?id=" to "/".

12-10-2005, 02:07 PM

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Look in the file you're working with for something like "?id" or something similar and change it to what you need to change it to ("/").

Or, do you think you could post the name of the CMS you're working with?

12-10-2005, 09:03 PM

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if he gets rid of the ?id then when he queries the pages PHP isn't going to know what to do with 9_0_7_0_C

12-10-2005, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jared

if he gets rid of the ?id then when he queries the pages PHP isn't going to know what to do with 9_0_7_0_C

yes it does apache tells it

12-11-2005, 01:17 AM

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Vince is right. I'll get the code.

Code:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^tutorials/(.*)/$ tutorials/$1 [R]
RewriteRule ^tutorials/(.*)$ tutorials.php?id=$1 [L]

Don't ask me what it does. I have no idea actually. All I know is it works. If you want to change just add the R and L ones and just change was needs changing. Don't touch the (.*) and so forth.

12-11-2005, 01:31 AM

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Yeah turning rewrite will work. Many CMS systems have the option to turn it on to make your site more SE friendly.

But I believe it has to be enabled in apache? If you are on host that has it disabled you maybe stuck..

12-11-2005, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jared

Yup. Your host has to have it loaded as a module, but I'm pretty sure all the 'modern' hosts have mod_rewrite enabled.