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I don't see the point. htaccess will enable you to enter the url you want and the $_GET['username'] variable in the index.php page will then give you a hook to the db to extract the user's details. That's it. Cookies shouldn't really feature here. The htaccess method will work whether cookies are enabled, eaten, disabled etc etc.

There are 20 ways to boil an egg, but I think using cookies for this will leave it raw.

Have you tried my suggestion?

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I don't see the point. htaccess will enable you to enter the url you want and the $_GET['username'] variable in the index.php page will then give you a hook to the db to extract the user's details. That's it. Cookies shouldn't really feature here. The htaccess method will work whether cookies are enabled, eaten, disabled etc etc.

There are 20 ways to boil an egg, but I think using cookies for this will leave it raw.

Have you tried my suggestion?

I have tried it, but it dont seem to do anything... None of my member urls exist on my server... They all reside on my database.

www.Mysite.com/username

I bought this php script from a guy who closed down his website shortly after... So I had no way of contacting him with questions.

If mysite.com/somename dosnt exist on my server as a visible URL. Does this .htaccess file still work on a url thats not visible? I think this url is set in my script I bought, and the only evidence i have that its there is my admin panel, or my database.

I dont know if im going to get this to work...

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I have tried it, but it dont seem to do anything... None of my member urls exist on my server... They all reside on my database.

Obviously.

Use this with the htaccess file in place:

index.php - I wouldn't use this on the index.php, I'd change it to member.php or something, but it's your funeral.

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if(isset($_GET['username'])){
  $username = addslashes(htmlentities($_GET['username']));
  $recordset = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '{$username}'");
  if(mysql_num_rows($recordset) > 0){
     $data = mysql_fetch_array($recordset);
     $avatar = $data['avatar'];
 
     (... etc for all the fields you want ...)
 
  }else{
     //put message to screen if user doesn't exist
  }
}
if(isset($_GET['username'])){
  $username = addslashes(htmlentities($_GET['username']));
  $recordset = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '{$username}'");
  if(mysql_num_rows($recordset) > 0){
     $data = mysql_fetch_array($recordset);
     $avatar = $data['avatar'];

     (... etc for all the fields you want ...)

  }else{
     //put message to screen if user doesn't exist
  }
}

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Solved... Thanks for your persistence, most people would of gave up on me. I didnt upload my .htaccess file right, the first way you told me to do it worked. Persistance pays off. Thanks.

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Da nada, Jay - glad you made it.

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