Question

here’s how I do :

1. the user types a URL
2. the mod_rewrite handles URLs of the form : ^([^/\.]+)/?$ (the first
   segment in the path)
3. and redirect them to the index page : struct.php?page=$1

4. in the index page (struct.php) I request the content of the page
   ($_GET[‘page’]) if it exists :

   $content = @file_get_contents("pages/$_GET[page]/.content")

5. if the content doesn’t exist, I just request the content of the page
   'not_found/.content'

This is working but I’d like to keep things simple in the script and use the power of mod_rewrite to request only the pages that exist.

here’s how I’d like to do :

1. the user types a URL
2. the mod_rewrite handles URLs of the form : ^([^/\.]+)/?$ (the first
   segment in the path)
3. and redirect them to the index page only if the .content file has been found : struct.php?page=$1

here’s my try:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  RewriteEngine on

  RewriteCond pages/$1/.content -f
  RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ struct.php?page=$1 [L]
</IfModule>

note : I’m using an .htaccess file

Answer 1

Here’s my solution:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^([^/\.]+)/?
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%1/.content -f
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/? struct.php?page=$1 [PT,QSA,L]