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Posted by guruproj, 02-07-2011, 11:25 AM
I need a simple string replacement but couldn't make it work: I want ~~domain.com/string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING/ to look like ~~domain.com/request/RANDOMSTRING/ so basically "string1/string2/id" = "request" rewrite base is / please help! thanks a lot!
Posted by guruproj, 02-08-2011, 12:43 AM
Ok I found the reason it was not working: apache always add path info postfix so when it's supposed to be ~~domain.com/string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING/, it became ~~domain.com/string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING//RANDOMSTRING/ Any idea?
Posted by Natcoweb, 02-08-2011, 11:28 AM
RewriteRule ^string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING /request/RANDOMSTRING$1 [L,QSA]
Posted by guruproj, 02-08-2011, 06:10 PM
thank you, but it doesn't work. domain.com/request/RANDOMSTRING/ is what I'll be using in browser and domain.com/string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING/ is where the url actual is. Also, "RANDOMSTRING" changes without pattern. So I need to replace /string1/string2/id/ with /request/ but need to keep "RANDOMSTRING" as it is. I currently have RewriteRule ^/request/(.*)/$ /string1/string2/id/$1/ but in rewrite log, I saw apache added one more "RANDOMSTRING", so it tries to point at /string1/string2/id/RANDOMSTRING//RANDOMSTRING/
Posted by Natcoweb, 02-09-2011, 01:34 PM
RewriteRule ^request/(.*)/$ /string1/string2/id/$1/ [L,QSA] should work. You don't have to add anything at the end of the line. What's your version of apache?