How to rewrite Variables to subdirectories?

variables, subdirectory, sub directory, htaccess

[ShaunG]

Can someone give me a hand here as I am not familiar with htaccess at all. I need the htaccess code so I can use variables in my links as sub directories.

ie. [domain.com...]

I want to be able to use this url with the following link:

[domain.com...]

Thank you in advance for anyone that can help.

[g1smd]

This rewrite question came up three times in the last few days.

Check recent threads for examples already posted and post your best effort code back here.

[ShaunG]

Yes I have looked at others but they seem to be similar but a little different and since i know nothing about .htaccess other then where to put the rules, I'm not sure what minor changes need to be made. Sorry!

[ShaunG]

This was the best i could find and looks similar but can this be used if ?kw= will be a dynamic variable?

# Externally redirect direct HTTP client requests for dynamic URL to static URL
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /module\.php\?([^&]+&)*page=Help&?
RewriteRule ^module\.php$ http://www.example.com/Help? [R=301,L]
#
# Internally rewrite static URL requests to the module.php script
RewriteRule ^Help$ /module.php?page=Help [L]

[edited by: eelixduppy at 8:19 pm (utc) on Mar. 1, 2009]
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[ShaunG]

Ok, I'll post a reply to my own question to help others since I got it to work...

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/ [domain.com...] [NC]

[g1smd]

With a rewrite, omit the domain name from the target URL.

That is, the target should be an internal filepath, not another URL.

By including a domain name, the code you have posted in your last post is for a 302 redirect, not a rewrite.

Add [L] to the end of the rule.

See also: [webmasterworld.com...]