Mod Rewrite help required

Discussion in 'Apache' started by UKJay, Mar 30, 2006.

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    Hi all,

    I am in need of some assistance in a rewrite line in my .htaccess.

    I have set up PDA access to my server running vbulletin and it picks up that a PDA has logged on and applies a particular style template. This works fine on my entry page where the .htaccess picks up a PDA and transfers it immediately to the forums index page and applies the style to the redirect URL. This script looks like this:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Windows CE" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "NetFront" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Palm OS" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Blazer" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Elaine" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WAP.*$" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Plucker" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "AvantGo" [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) /forums/index.php?styleid=7 [L,R]
    Code (markup):
    What I now want to happen is that if ANY page within the forums directory is accessed, it gets rewritten to apply the ?styleid=7 to the end of the URL (while removing any other style already there). This can happen in a number of instances:

    1. The entry to the forums shows no filename eg. http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/
    2. The page requested HAS a filename (e.g. http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/forums/index.php)
    3. The page requested has a DIFFERENT style attached (e.g. http://www.yorkshire-divers.com/index.php?styleid=3

    And so on - basically I want it to check every page requested within the forums directory, remove any styles already in the requested URL and apply the ?styleid=7 instead.

    Oh, and do I need to put this in my web root .htaccess or would it sit in a .htaccess within the /forums/ folder?

    Make sense? Hope so!

    Thanks in advance.
     
    UKJay, Mar 30, 2006 IP
  2. UKJay

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    Ok - this is what I have tried but it doesn't work (obviously!).

    RewriteRule ^testforums/(.*).php(.*) /testforums/$1.php?styleid=7 [NC]
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    An example would be

    Original URL: http://www.mydomain.com/testforums/index.php?styleid=3

    Required URL: http://www.mydomain.com/testforums/index.php?styleid=7

    Got to admit I'm making this up as I go along :) Any guidance?

    Thanks in advance

    Jay
     
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    Its located in my sub directory /forums/ and should apply to file requests within it, rewriting any URLs that DON'T have the ?styleid=7 appended at the end. It should also ignore .gif files and the two vbseo files:

    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Windows CE" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Blackberry" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "NetFront" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Palm OS" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Blazer" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Elaine" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "^WAP.*$" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "Plucker" [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} "AvantGo" [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "!.gif" [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "!vbseo.php" [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "!vbseo_getsitemap.php" [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "!styleid=7" [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1?styleid=7 [L,R]
    Code (markup):
     
    UKJay, Apr 1, 2006 IP