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multi language folders rewrite rules

         

omoutop

2:20 pm on Jun 29, 2011 (gmt 0)

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Ok, i have an old static site in english. Customer wishes to upgrade it to 3 languages and dynamic content
He also wishes for specific url patrerns

In english everything will be as:
www.example.com/path/to/page.htm

In all other languages he wants:
www.example.com/language/path/to/page.htm

so, page.php?lang=&var=test AND page.php?lang=english&var=test will serve www.example.com/somepage.htm
On the other hand, page.php?lang=french&var=test will serve www.example.com/french/somapage.htm

From my limited knowledge, I constucted:

# English (as defualt)
RewriteRule ^$ /path/to/page.php?lang=
RewriteRule ^$ /path/to/page.php?lang=en

# Other Languages
RewriteRule ^(french|greek|italian)/?$ $1/path/to/page.php?lang=$1


is this approach good or there is a better solution?

wilderness

5:19 pm on Jun 29, 2011 (gmt 0)

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There's a relatively recent thread on this same topic.

omoutop

12:08 pm on Jun 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

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can you please provide me the link? i can't find it

wilderness

2:53 pm on Jun 30, 2011 (gmt 0)

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