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Old May 26th, 2005, 07:30 AM
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Slight Problem with .htaccess
I have the following code in my .htaccess file for my website.

php Code:
Original - php Code 
  1.  
  2. RewriteEngine on
  3. RewriteBase /
  4. RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)$ user_home.php?user=$1


Now let me explain. I basically host a blog site for a few friends of mine and I make it possible for users to view their blog by visiting www.website.com/username instead of having to go to www.website.com/user_home.php?user=username.

The only problem with this is if somebody types in 'www.website.com/username/' instead of 'www.website.com/username' they will get a 404 error. How should I modify the .htaccess code to alleviate the problem with the extra slash at the end?

Thanks in advance!

-influx
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RE: Slight Problem with .htaccess
Add an optional slash to the end of the regex match expression:

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RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)/?$ user_home.php?user=$1
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RE: Slight Problem with .htaccess
This should work, I am aware, but now I have another question:

How come when I upload my .htaccess file to the root directory of my server, it disappears upon reconnecting to my ftp?

The redirections still work, but the change I wanted doesnt take place!

What is going on here?

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Old June 12th, 2005, 08:17 PM
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RE: Slight Problem with .htaccess
Alright, never mind that...my FTP client doesn't show .htaccess files, but when I log into PuTTY and list the directory with 'ls -al' it shows it.

So my .htaccess file is up, and it contains the following code:

php Code:
Original - php Code 
  1.  
  2. RewriteEngine on
  3. RewriteBase /
  4. RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z_0-9-]+)/?$ user_home.php?user=$1


But, it still gives me a 404 error if I visit www.website.com/username/ but it works if I visit www.website.com/username

What could be wrong with the .htaccess?

Thanks in advance!
-influx
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