another rewrite url question

[ayok]

Hi,

I'm a newbie for working with apache and .htaccess file. I've seen the tutorial on this thread [webmasterworld.com]. My code now is:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#
RewriteRule ^category/product/([0-9]+)/?$ catprod.php?cat=$1[L]
#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /catprod\.php\?cat=([^&]+)\ HTTP/ 
RewriteRule ^catprod\.php$ http://www.example.com/store/category/product/%1? [R=301,L]

and I upload this on /store/ direction.

However, i don't see any change on my url bar on the browser.

Could someone point me where i do wrong?

Thank you,
ayok

[edited by: jdMorgan at 7:35 pm (utc) on Sep. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] changed to example.com and fixed [ code ] tags [/edit]

[g1smd]

URLs are defined by the links that people click on. Make sure the links on the page are in the format that you want people and bots to see.

A rewrite connects that URL to the internal filepath on the server.

.

What do you want people to see as the URL?

What is the location on the server (the filepath) where the content really is?

.

You have a redirect there and a rewrite.

The redirect (the stuff with [R=301,L] on) needs to be first.

The rewrite (the stuff with [L] on) needs to be last.

As you have it now, you could expose internal paths out into the URL by redirecting after the rewrite has occurred.

.

RewriteBase / - is the default. You likely can omit that line.

[ayok]

Hi g1smd,
Thanks for your reaction.
I want the people see the url catprod.php?cat=234 into category/product/234.

I guess in I don't need redirect on this case. Should I delete the [R]? However, I still got no result with or without it.

FYI, I have no authorization to change anything on php.ini. Do I need to do something there? Once again, I am new for this stuff.

Thanks,
ayok

[g1smd]

*** I want the people see the url catprod.php?cat=234 into category/product/234. ***

Sorry. That wording is still ambiguous to me.

You need to spell it out.

The URL in the links on the page is...
The URL I want the user to see is...
The file is located on the server at...

[ayok]

The URL in the links on the page is www.example.com/store/catprod.php?cat=234
The URL I want the user to see is www.example.com/store/category/product/234
The file is located on the server at www.example.com/store/

Thank you,
ayok

[edited by: jdMorgan at 7:36 pm (utc) on Sep. 13, 2008]
[edit reason] Please use example.com only [/edit]