mod_rewrite

[Karloff]

can't get my head around this,

how do i go about getting my pages to take the php off the end

ie

www.????.com/index.php into www.???.com/home/


etc

[imagn]

Try this:
RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/$ index.php [L]
This will take any alpha string and call the index.php page

[Shadowfiend]

Alternatively, make that:

RewriteRule ^([a-z-]+)/$ \1.php [L]

And you should get something that'll make any string become _that string_.php. So /home would become /home.php, etc.

[imagn]

Much better usage

[Karloff]

back to this, sorry.

still can't get it to click

it have this as my .htaccess

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index/$ index.php [L]

and my link looks like

<a href="/index" title="home" id="nav_home">HOME</a>

what am i doing wrong?

[ljm]

Try adding this before your RewriteRule, without altering your links:

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

You may need to fiddle with the RewriteRule a bit, also.

[Shadowfiend]

Also make sure you include the trailing / on the rewrite rule. Probably adding a ? before the $ will do the trick (makes the trailing / optional).

[Karloff]

is this what you ment shadow/ljm?

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^index/?$ index.php/ [L]

[Shadowfiend]

Yes, but without the / on the end of index.php:

RewriteRule ^index/?$ index.php [L]

[Karloff]

did that but still not working

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