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Jan 16th, 2009

Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

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Hiiz is there a way that i can rewrite .htaccess from a php file? well actually i am using a cms for my site and whenever i make a new page i have to rewrite it in htaccess to make it work and SEO friendly. so i was wondering if there is a way to do it directly by php file instead of downloading .htaccess editing and re uploading it. please let me know if anyone have solution for that thx

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

Try:

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<?php
$file=".htaccess";
$fp=fopen($file, "a");
$text ="\r\nRewriteEngine on \r\nRewriteRule ^page/([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]";
fwrite($fp, $text);
fclose($fp);
?>
<?php
$file=".htaccess";
$fp=fopen($file, "a");
$text ="\r\nRewriteEngine on \r\nRewriteRule ^page/([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]";
fwrite($fp, $text);
fclose($fp);
?>

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

wow thx tht was a quick response !! ok can u make it a lil easier for me now . if i have a file like this. www.blastingart.com/viewPage.php?ID=New Features

what should be the syntax for this file to make it seo friendly ? in the form type php given above

thx in advance

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

btw is it possible to write it in this manner ? www.blastingart.com/newfeatures.html ??

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

Basically something like

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RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ([^/\.]+)/?.html$ viewPage.php?ID=$1 [L]
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ([^/\.]+)/?.html$ viewPage.php?ID=$1 [L]

So if you typed
www.blastingart.com/New Features.html
into the url, it would be the same as typing in
www.blastingart.com/viewPage.php?ID=New Features

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

ok buddy thx for ur help. but im kinda stuk here !!
i have a form page . and then on php page which takes the data and insert in the database now i have no clue how to get the page name inserted into the.htaccess with that. im gona put up the code now.

Form.php

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<form action="pagebuildform.php" method="post" name="send" id="send">
                                          <table width="417" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                                            <tr>
                                              <td width="172" align="right" valign="middle" class="txt-reg-BLACK">Page N:ame:</td>
                                              <td width="245" align="left" valign="middle"><input
															  name="Page" type="text"
															  size="30" /></td>
                                            </tr>
 
                                            <tr>
                                              <td width="172" align="right" valign="middle">&nbsp;</td>
                                              <td width="245" align="left" valign="middle"><input name="Submit" type="submit" class="buttons" value="Submit" />
                                              <input name="reset" type="reset" class="buttons" id="reset" value="Reset" /></td>
                                            </tr>
                                        </table>
                                      </form>
<form action="pagebuildform.php" method="post" name="send" id="send">
                                          <table width="417" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                                            <tr>
                                              <td width="172" align="right" valign="middle" class="txt-reg-BLACK">Page N:ame:</td>
                                              <td width="245" align="left" valign="middle"><input
															  name="Page" type="text"
															  size="30" /></td>
                                            </tr>
                                            
                                            <tr>
                                              <td width="172" align="right" valign="middle">&nbsp;</td>
                                              <td width="245" align="left" valign="middle"><input name="Submit" type="submit" class="buttons" value="Submit" />
                                              <input name="reset" type="reset" class="buttons" id="reset" value="Reset" /></td>
                                            </tr>
                                        </table>
                                      </form>

phpfile which inserts into database:

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require_once( '../inc/header.inc.php' );
$ab=mysql_connect ($db['host'], $db['user'] , $db['passwd'] ) or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ($db['db']); 
 
 
 
$sql="INSERT INTO `PageCompose` (
`Page` ,
`PageWidth` ,
`Desc` ,
`Caption` ,
`Column` ,
`Order` ,
`Func` ,
`Content` ,
`DesignBox` ,
`ColWidth` ,
`Visible` ,
`MinWidth`
)
VALUES ('$_POST[Page]', '960px', 'Simple HTML Block', 'newpage', '1', '2','newpage', 'This is my new page', '1', '60', 'non,memb', '0'
)";
 
if (!mysql_query($sql,$ab))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
echo "Your Page Successfully Created!!!";
 
mysql_close($ab)
?>
require_once( '../inc/header.inc.php' );
$ab=mysql_connect ($db['host'], $db['user'] , $db['passwd'] ) or die ('I cannot connect to the database because: ' . mysql_error());
mysql_select_db ($db['db']); 



$sql="INSERT INTO `PageCompose` (
`Page` ,
`PageWidth` ,
`Desc` ,
`Caption` ,
`Column` ,
`Order` ,
`Func` ,
`Content` ,
`DesignBox` ,
`ColWidth` ,
`Visible` ,
`MinWidth`
)
VALUES ('$_POST[Page]', '960px', 'Simple HTML Block', 'newpage', '1', '2','newpage', 'This is my new page', '1', '60', 'non,memb', '0'
)";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$ab))
  {
  die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
  }
echo "Your Page Successfully Created!!!";

mysql_close($ab)
?>

ok what im stuck at is i want that page name('$_POST[Page]') to be inserted in the .htaccess rewrite as we talked above. so with just one submit hit both things work out. new page is inserted in the db and .htaccess rewrited as well. please help me in it

thx in advance

Last edited by wickedsunny; Jan 16th, 2009 at 7:42 pm.

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

dont get a rewrite rule for every page
get a PAGE rule for the php/mysql form
that generates a set of page names that match each other and the the rewrite tule
all the generated page names should match the existing rule

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

i have no idea how to do that!! well its like that everytime i generate a new page from the form the .htaccess shud be rewriten by the same page name!!!

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

All page names should generate from the database
for example

/mysite/generatepage.php?id=somename

/mysite/somename.html

it is a waste of time and effort to not have all the page name generate automatically
the rewrite rule

Quote originally posted by buddylee ...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ([^/\.]+)/?.html$ viewPage.php?ID=$1 [L]

, and taken directly from the manual, does just that.
google how to apache mod_rewrite for other examples
if you have not already set up a standardised naming system for your site,
stop now, set up a system, then write a rewrite rule to match the system

you get

sensible sitemap
logical urls
a tree structure
user friendly
Search engine friendly

1000s of individual rules will just give you a site you cannot even maintain

If it is beyond your skills to generate that rule,
rt_m, there is an example there that shows full tree structure from a single rewrite rule

ask,
ask again,
until one of the answers makes sense,

once the rules for database creation, and mod_rewrite are set, there will be no need to create more rules

Last edited by almostbob; Jan 16th, 2009 at 9:47 pm.

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Re: Rewriting .htaccess from a php file or form

If you do rewrite from php
does the .htaccess file have to be chmod 777 ?
does that pose a security risk ?

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