Mod Rewrite

Multiple directories into a query : is this possible?

[panic]

Essentially, what I'm trying to do is pass all subdirectories from a requested URL into a query string using Mod Rewrite.

For example :

[example.com...]

I'd like to pass everything after /widgets/ into a query string using Mod ReWrite.

Any ideas as to how this can be done?

-panic

[claus]

Hi panic, i think your question is answered in this thread:

[webmasterworld.com...]

Here, Alternative_Future is asking for a way to go from 1 to 2 like this:

1) [mydomain.com...]
2) [mydomain.com?country=scotland&type=tour&area=grampian&town=buckie...]

Part of the answer involves PHP scripting, but there's also an option suggested that involves "RewriteMap" in stead. Check it out, i hope it helps.

/claus

[Storyteller]

Here's a script I wrote for a client that does similar thing. Once you get the idea, you can easily tailor it to your needs. The script transforms URLs of form:

example.com/cgi-bin/retrive/param1/value1/param2/value2/

into:

example.com/cgi-bin/retrive.cgi?param1=value1&param2=value2

If you aren't using ScriptAlias'ed cgi script as a destination, take the the [PT] flag out. So, here it goes:

RewriteRule (.*/retrieve[^&]*)/([^/]+)/([^/&]+)(.*) $1&$2=$3$4 [N]
RewriteRule (.*/)retrieve&([^/]*) $1retrieve.cgi?$2 [PT]

[panic]

I finally figured out how to use an unlimited amount of subdirectories and stick it into a query string.

Here's what I've got in my .htaccess :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ output.php?querystring=$1 [L]

Then, in output.php, I split $querystring by "/", then I do my queries/manipulation/etc.

Thanks for everyone's help!

-panic

[amoore]

If you don't want the performance hit or complication of using mod_rewrite, you can look into the PATH_INFO environment variable.