Confused?? Multiple and Options Parameters

[kirk112]

Hi

Quite new to this mod rewrite stuff, still getting my head around it all.

What I am trying to do is change the following URL

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http://www.example.com/browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=55&job_title=32&job_id=75


to

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http://www.example.com/retail-jobs/xx/xx/xx/L55JT32ID75.html


(L = location, JT = job_title, ID = job_id)
The xx will be various keywords that I choose depending on the options that have been selected, I can work this out using php.

I have

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RewriteRule ^retail-jobs/.*/L([0-9]+)JT([0-9]+)ID([0-9]+).html$ /browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=$1&job_title=$2&job_id=$3 [NC,L]


This works fine, but I want to be able to miss out any of the parameters or pass them in any combination.

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http://www.example.com/retail-jobs/xx/xx/xx/JT32ID75.html
job_title = 32, job_id = 75.

http://www.example.com/retail-jobs/xx/xx/xx/L55ID75.html
location = 55, job_id = 75.

http://www.example.com/retail-jobs/xx/xx/xx/ID75.html
job_id = 75.

I have tried various options but I either get stuck in a loop or end up creating 30+ rules??

Please can anyone point me in the right direction on how to achieve this.

Thanks for your help!!

Shaun

[richardk]

Three rules

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^retail-jobs/.*/L([0-9]+)\.html$ /browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^retail-jobs/.*/L([0-9]+)JT([0-9]+)\.html$ /browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=$1&job_title=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^retail-jobs/.*/L([0-9]+)JT([0-9]+)ID([0-9]+)\.html$ /browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=$1&job_title=$2&job_id=$3 [NC,L]

Or one more complicated rule

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^retail-jobs/.*/L([0-9]+)(?:JT([0-9]+)(?:ID([0-9]+))?)?\.html$ /browse-retail-jobs/jobs.php?location=$1&job_title=$2&job_id=$3 [NC,L]

(?:...)? just makes the part contained in it optional.

[kirk112]

Thanks!!!!

Worked perfectly, just one final quick question,

I have a custom 404 page what I am looking to do is if any goes to retail-jobs/xxxx and the page does not exists redirect them to retail-jobs/search.php instead of the 404 page

Hope that makes sense

Again thanks for your help!!!!

[richardk]

/browse-retail-jobs/search.php or /retail-jobs/search.php?

For /browse-retail-jobs/search.php, try adding the following to the end of your .htaccess file

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RewriteRule ^retail-jobs(/.*)?$ /browse-retail-jobs/search.php [R,L]

For /retail-jobs/search.php, try adding the following to the end of your .htaccess file

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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/retail-jobs/search\.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^retail-jobs(/.*)?$ /retail-jobs/search.php [R,L]

[kirk112]

Hi richardk

Just realised I haven't replied to your last post.

Everything works perfectly

You have saved me hours of frustration.

Thank you!