Re-route?

Say a direct link is:

www.mywebsite.com/index.php?locate=register

where in my functions.php if locate=register include regsiter.php

anyone know how to just have it as:

www.mywebsite.com/register?

Thanks

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^register$ index.php?locate=register

Code (markup):

Save this as .htaccess in the same directory as index.php.

 

Hey nico - thanks very much for the reply.

will this produce http://mywebsite.com/register

?
Whats the ^register$ for?

Will I save it as "register.htaccess" or what? Anything else need doing?

Thanks again

 

No, save it as .htaccess, as I said.

^register$ is a pattern, that if matched, it will rewrite the URL to the wanted page.


Just try it...

 

I did try it and it worked! Man you are superb! Thanks very much indeed!
Do I ever need to set rewriteEngine Off?

Also can I now add more in such as:

RewriteRule ^register$ index.php?locate=register
RewriteRule ^search$ index.php?locate=search

etc?

 

Yes you can. Either like you did above, or if you have multiple rewrites pointing to the same file, you can do:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(register|search|etc|etc)$ index.php?locate=$1

Code (markup):

 

$1 should that not be register?

I found this on the net but I think yours is much easier to read and understand!
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?local=$1 [QSA,L] # files in home dir only