Help mod_rewrite needed for directory script

[marky9378]

Hi

I am looking to create friendly urls for this directory on my website.

http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/busin ... stype=catg

I need the whole of this folder http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/business-directory/ and the contents to be search engine friendly urls

Please Please Help Me

[richardk]

If you provide examples of the current URL and the URL you want, i can help you.

[marky9378]

Hi

Here is a couple

http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/busin ... ccountants

i want this one to be
http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/busin ... ntants.htm

http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/busin ... llectables

I want this one to be
http://www.aroundgloucester.co.uk/busin ... tables.htm

Thank you for helping me

[marky9378]

I have a forum on this website which has a .htaccess using php to automatically convert into friendly uls.

Could someone tell me how i can use this on the directory above script.

PHP
<?php

/**
* Prepares an URL for URL Rewriting
*
* @param string $type
* @param int $id
* @param string $name
* @return string
* @author Dale Smith <info@wwwthreads.com>
*/

function makeurl($type, $id, $name)
{
$url = strtr($name,'ÀÁÂÃÄÅàáâãäåÒÓÔÕÖØòóôõöøÈÉÊËèéêëÇçÌÍÎÏìíîïÙÚÛÜùúûüÿÑñ/','AAAAAAaaaaaaOOOOOOooooooEEEEeeeeCcIIIIiiiiUUUUuuuuyNn-');
$url=preg_replace('/ /', '-', $url);
$url=trim(preg_replace('/[^a-z|A-Z|0-9|-]/', '', strtolower($url)), '-');
$url=preg_replace('/\-+/', '-', $url);
$url = urlencode($type . $id .'-'. $url .'.html');
return $url;
}

function replace_for_mod_rewrite(&$s) {
$urlin = array(
"/\"([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)\"/"
, "/\"([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)\"/"
, "/\"([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)\"/"
, "/\"([^.]*).php\"/"
);
$urlout = array(
"\"\\1-\\2-\\3-\\6-\\7-\\10-\\11.html\""
, "\"\\1-\\2-\\3-\\6-\\7.html\""
, "\"\\1-\\2-\\3.html\""
, "\"\\1.html\""
);
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}

function replace_for_mod_rewrite1(&$s) { //debug!
$urlin = array(
"/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)([^'])/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)([^'])/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)([^'])/"
, "/([^.]*).php([^'])/"
);
$urlout = array(
"\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4-\\5-\\6-\\7.html\\8"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4-\\5.html\\6"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3.html\\4"
, "\\1.html\\2"
);
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}

/*
function replace_for_mod_rewrite2(&$s) { //slow?
$urlin = array(
"/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)[(&amp;)|&]+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php/"
);
$urlout = array(
"\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4-\\5-\\6-\\7.html"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4-\\5.html"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3.html"
, "\\1.html"
);
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}
*/
function replace_for_mod_rewrite2(&$s) { //slow?
$urlin = array(
"/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)((&amp;)|&)+([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php\?([a-z0-9_]*)=([a-zA-Z0-9_.]*)/"
, "/([^.]*).php/"
);
$urlout = array(
"\\1-\\2-\\3-\\6-\\7-\\10-\\11.html"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3-\\6-\\7.html"
, "\\1-\\2-\\3.html"
, "\\1.html"
);
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}

?>

.HTACCESS

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)(.*).html$ view_forum.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^t([0-9]+)(.*).html$ view_topic.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^p([0-9]+)(.*).html$ view_topic.php?pid=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^l([0-9]+)(.*).html$ view_poll.php?pid=$1 [L]
####### extra
RewriteRule ^(.*)spell.html$ $1spell.html [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html$ $1.php?$2=$3&$4=$5&$6=$7 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html$ $1.php?$2=$3&$4=$5 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-(.*).html$ $1.php?$2=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ $1.php [L]
#######
RewriteRule ^(.*).rss$ extern.php?action=$1&type=rss [L]
RewriteRule ^blabla.html$ index.php [L]

Please Help

[richardk]

/business-directory/index.php?stype=bus&catgID=7&catgname=Accountants

i want this one to be
/business-directory/accountants.htm

/business-directory/index.php?stype=bus&catgID=22&catgname=Antiques%20And%20Collectables

I want this one to be
/business-directory/anitques-and-collectables.htm

If you want it that short (without the stype or catgID) will need individual rules for each one

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^accountants\.html$               ./index.php?stype=bus&catgID=7&catgname=Accountants                    [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^anitques-and-collectables\.html$ ./index.php?stype=bus&catgID=22&catgname=Antiques%20And%20Collectables [QSA,L]

Or you need to read how to change a numeric ID into a name/title. It's the same idea, except you could have two values to find not one.

Or you can have the stype and catgID in the URL (maybe not the stype if it doesn't change), for example for /business-directory/bus/22-Antiques+And+Collectables.htm

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([0-9]+)-([^/]+)\.html$ ./index.php?stype=$1&catgID=$2&catgname=$3 [QSA,L]

Does stype change? How many different values for stype are there?

You will have to edit your PHP to output these new URLs.

[marky9378]

when i add a new business a new stype is created but i do not know php that well and i would not know where to start

[marky9378]

i have found this in the php file

while ($row = getrsrow($resultSet)) {
print ("<div class=\"catlistitem\"><a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?stype=bus&catgID=" . $row['categoryID'] . "&catgname=" . $row['categoryname'] . "\">" . $row['categoryname'] . "</a></div>\n");

Where do i edit this

[richardk]

You edit

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<a href=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] . "?stype=bus&catgID=" . $row['categoryID'] . "&catgname=" . $row['categoryname'] . "\">

You probably want

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<a href=\"bus/" . $row['categoryID'] . "-" . str_replace(' ', '+', $row['categoryname']) . ".html\">

[marky9378]

Lets through a party

Richard Thank You so much for your help

I have done it Thank you for helping me