Redirect from directory to variable

[hrafn]

Does anyone know how to redirect a unknown directory to a variable in php?

example:
www.asdf.com/joe -> www.asdf.com/profile.php?user=joe
or:
www.asdf.com/$var -> www.asdf.com/profile.php?user=$var

This would have to be automatic since I'll have multible and unknown amount of users using this feature.
Also I'd like these folders to be virtual (or not actually there).
So, this should only affect directories that do not excist :)

Thank you,
Halldor Hrafn.

[jdMorgan]

Halldor,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld [webmasterworld.com]!

Using Apache mod_rewrite, you can add

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

as conditions to a RewriteRule to detect that the requested URL does not contain "." (and is therefore not a filename) and that a directory of that name does not exist.

Our forum charter [webmasterworld.com] provides a few links to basic resources to help get you started.

Jim

[hrafn]

Would it be possible to do:
www.domain.com/bob

and get redirector to a page:
www.domain.com/profile.php?user=bob

but still make it look like this to the browser:
www.domain.com/bob

(/bob is a non-excistant directory)

thanks,
Halldor Hrafn.

[edited by: jdMorgan at 10:54 pm (utc) on July 29, 2004]
[edit reason] Spliced with previous thread [/edit]

[Birdman]

Absolutely! Using mod_rewrite [httpd.apache.org]. See the RewriteEngine and RewriteRule sections.