rewrite directory to single php file

[rootsical]

hi there.

i am trying to write a directory called audio to a single file called audio.php which will handle.

my server is structured like this:

root/mysite/audio and my htaccess file i have put in the mysite directory.

the audio.php file is located in root/mysite/audio/audio.php .

basically when someone requests for example:

mysite/audio/name-of-audio-request that they actually get served the mysite/audio/audio.php page.

I hope that makes sense...

could anyone look at the code i have tried and tell me what I am doing wrong as it doesn't work at the mo?

htaccess:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/audio/*
RewriteRule ^audio/*$ /audio/audio\.php [L]

[g1smd]

I'll guess the * and $ needs to be deleted at the very least.

[rootsical]

brilliant, i'll try a few more combinations with that in mind. thanks very much for your help.

[rootsical]

Now going with this, but it still doesn't work.. I'll keep on looking..

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/audio/
RewriteRule ^audio/? /audio/audio\.php [L]

[rootsical]

i couldn't solve it so now i am just going to use a query string technique which i found works..

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^audio/([^/\.]+)$ audio/audio.php?item=$1 [L]

[jdMorgan]

Glad you got it sorted...

You don't need to escape the period inside the [group], as periods are taken as literals in grouped alternates.

Jim

[g1smd]

You might want to next consider adding a 301 redirect such that if anyone asks for example.com/audio/audio.php?item=something they are redirected to the canonical URL you want them to see.