help on modrewrite problem

[Junkle]

hi friends, am modrewriting my user profile url. Iz nw 'www.mysite.com/username' with that url u can acces user profile direct. But the problem am facing is that if a user UserName Contain '.' eg. 'Www.mysite.com/junkle.junk' it will not open rather its sh0wing me page n0t f0und. Pls hw do i ge rid of it . Tanx

[kevk3v]

Lets see the .htaccess

[Junkle]

Thiz iz my full .htacess file c0de:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

RewriteEngine On

Options -Indexes

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ $1.php [nc]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^[url=http://www.mysite.com]Website Hosting - Mysite.com[/url]
RewriteRule (.*) http://mysite.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# proc/self/environ? no way!
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} proc/self/environ [OR]

# Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]

# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*(.*) [OR]

# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]

# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]

# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})

# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]

</IfModule>

[arnage]

This?

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

[Junkle]

whats wrong with that...

[arnage]

I hope nothing... ;) Change those two lines in your htaccess file like i wrote and try.

[Junkle]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

i did that but i got an eror..

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

that 0ne affect all my page saying user n0t found. Even with this bel0w

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

[something else]

if you want any letters or symbols to be matched as a user name use:

RewriteRule ^.*$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L] 

by limiting the match to only: a-z A-Z 0-9 _ \- \. it is not matching against anything with / in the username - or alternatively you can add the forward slash into the matched symbols: a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\/
just remember to write rules to make sure folders like /images/ are still accessible and you may want to block users from using your folder names in your script also.

[Junkle]

S0mthing else so how do u intend me to apply the code n0W? I tried the fell0wing but was n0t w0rking...

RewriteRule^.*$userinfo.php?
user=$1[L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\/]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-\_\.\/]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and

RewriteRule^.*$userinfo.php?
user=$1[L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\/]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-\_\.\/]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

[something else]

Try adding a second directory into the rule (this will save you having to rewrite for every file/directory) eg:

yoursite.con/directory/yourName

RewriteRule ^ /directory/.*$ userinfo.php?user=$1[L] 

also make sure you don't add the original 2 rules as they will trash this rule >.<

I know its not exactly as you want it but it will save your site from running slow from following to many rules, the only other option is to do a string replacement on the symbol "/" in your php script to replace it with something else to get round the forward slash problem

[arnage]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-\.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

i did that but i got an eror..

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.]+)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

that 0ne affect all my page saying user n0t found. Even with this bel0w

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)$
userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_.]+)/$
 userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

Did you change the links in page?

[funtowap]

Dude Use this one

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ /user.php?username=$1 [L]

Use this code for it in your .htaccess of home directory

this will first check for if any folder with name exist there / any url exist
e.g.
yoursite.com/contact_us

this is not user so if any directory exist it will give it more priority, else it will proceed to your user page.

[Junkle]

Dude Use this one

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ /user.php?username=$1 [L]

Use this code for it in your .htaccess of home directory

this will first check for if any folder with name exist there / any url exist
e.g.
yoursite.com/contact_us

this is not user so if any directory exist it will give it more priority, else it will proceed to your user page.

thanx man. I used your idea to do s0mething like this

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and its works as i wanted. But its still treating f0lders in my home directory as username whereby telling me, username n0t f0und. But only works for three f0lders and i observed that those three folderz are f0lderz that c0ntain .htaccess file in it. What could be the issue here...

[funtowap]

thanx man. I used your idea to do s0mething like this

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

and its works as i wanted. But its still treating f0lders in my home directory as username whereby telling me, username n0t f0und. But only works for three f0lders and i observed that those three folderz are f0lderz that c0ntain .htaccess file in it. What could be the issue here...

Sorry? i didnt get your problem this time :D