mod rewrite voodoo!

I have got an articles site.

I have 2 rewrite rules, 1 for the articles and 1 for the main pages (register, submit etc). Now I need to do one for my caregories. The problem is I want to have the format: /computers/programming/php/ etc, with an infinate number of sub categories.

the rule will send back to index.php?cat=blah

Can anyone help me out with a rule for this?

Cheers

 

You could do something like
RewriteRule ^cat/ /cat_process/myfile.php

and then in myfile.php do something like
$path=$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

for a url like: /cat/computers/programming/php/
$path = '/cat/computers/programming/php/';

then you can process your urls in php rather than getting into mod rewrite

 

Thanks mate

I have used that method before, although used forcetype to process a file called dir as a php file. I think I'l prob just stick with that. Just out of interest, can mod_rewrite actually do it on it's own?

 

I'm sure it probably can, I just could never be bothered to find out how, or work put the regex for it....