Simple Q's

[Guest]

Hi there.....
I wanted to redirect urls such as http://www.domain.com/folder
or
http://www.domain.com/folder/

to a file:
display.php?category=folder

I have managed to do this with mod_rewrite, however I dont know how to deal with the case if there is no trailing slash..

Here is what I used

RewriteRule ^([a-z]*)$ subcontent.php?category=$1

I just need a way to direct them to the same place whether they use a trailing slash or not.....

thanks...also what does this [L] mean..

[Brett]

Try this:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-z]*)/?$ index.php?category=$1

[L] after a RewriteRule means "last rule", i.e. if this rule is applied, then don't apply any of the rules that follow.

[realbeginner]

To a real beginner this simple case can be confusing, first the "guest" wants to go to this file:

display.php?category=folder

for which he uses this rewrite rule:

RewriteRule ^([a-z]*)$ subcontent.php?category=$1

and then Brett suggests this other rule:

RewriteRule ^([a-z]*)/?$ index.php?category=$1