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Rewrite rule, need some help.

So far I have:

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule \.(gif|png|jpg|css|js)$|^index\.php$ - [L]

RewriteRule ^quests/(.*)/(.*)$ quests.php?flibble=questview&id=$2&ic=1

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1

What I'm trying to do is.

www.mysite.com/quests works fine, the images load and so does the content.

However, if I do something like

www.mysite.com/quests/

it fails to load the images or the content.

I'm also trying to dynamically create a page.

so that www.mysite.com/quests/questname/questid would load the appropriate information. The link currently looks like
quest.php?flibble=questview&id=QUESTID&ic=1 where QUESTID is the number of the quest entry. However, I just can't get my head around it.

This is my function for showing the quest:

PHP Code:


		
			
function questview($id) {

require_once ('includes/connect.php');//connect to db
include ('includes/steps.php');
 /* query for item */
    $query = "SELECT * FROM quest WHERE id=$id";
    $result = mysql_query ($query);
    
    /* if we get no results back, error out */
$numrtn = mysql_num_rows($result);

    if ($numrtn == 0) {
        echo "The quest guide requested cannot be found\n";
        echo $id;
        return;
    }
    $row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
    /* easier to read variables and 
     * striping out tags */
    $id = $row['id'];
    $name = $row['name'];
    $contributors = $row['contributors'];
    $guideby = $row['guideby'];
    $added = $row['added'];
    $location = $row['startinglocation'];
    $members = $row['members'];
    $description = $row['description'];
    $difficulty = $row['difficulty'];
    $requirements = $row['requirements'];
    $items = $row['items'];
    $reward = $row['reward'];
    $guide = $row['mainbody'];
    $length = $row['length'];
    $updated = $row['updated'];
    if ($members == "Y") {
        $mem = "members only quest</b>, so it can only be done on a <b>members</b> server.";
    }else{
        $mem = "non-members quest</b>.";
    }
    if ($updated == 0){
    $up = 'No-one has updated this quest guide';    
    }else{    
    $date2 = date("l jS F Y @ H:i:s ", $updated);
    $up = 'It was last updated on '.$date2;
    }
    if ($contributors != ""){
    $con = 'Thanks also to <b>'.$contributors.'</b> for changes.';    
    }else{
    $con = 'No-one else has contributed to this quest guide.';
    }
    //$date = date("D M jS, Y g:i a", $added);
    $date = date("l jS F Y @ H:i:s ", $added);
    
echo '
<div id="quest"><table width="100%" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td>
        <h1 align="center">'.$name.'</h1>
';
echo step_js();
echo pick_clue($id);
echo toggle_reward();
echo toggle_clue();
echo '<br>';
echo '
<p class="text1">This quest guide was written by <b>'.$guideby.'</b> for use on Runehints and entered into the database on '.$date.'. '.$up.'. '.$con.'  <br /></p>
<p><span class="text1"><br />This quest is <b>'.$mem.'</span></p>
<p>
<span class="qtitle">Description: </span><span class="text1">'.$description.'</span></p>
<p><span class="qtitle">Difficulty Level: </span><span class="text1">'.$difficulty.'</span></p>
<p>
<span class="qtitle">Requirements: </span><span class="text1">'.$requirements.'</span></p>

<p>
<span class="qtitle">Items Needed During Quest: </span><span class="text1">'.$items.'</span></p>
<p>
<span class="qtitle">Starting Location: </span><span class="text1">'.$location.'</span></p>
  <p><span class="qtitles">Quest Instructions:</span></p>';
  echo list_steps($id, true);
echo '<p>
<div id="rewardwrap" style="display:none;"><span class="qtitle">Reward: </span><span class="text1">'.$reward.'</span></div></p>
  &nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table></div> ';
}

Here's the switch:

PHP Code:


		
			
    switch($_GET['flibble']) {
    
    case 'selectquest':
        selectquest();
        break;
    case 'questview':
        questview($_GET['id']);
        break;        
    default:
        selectquest();
}

I didn't write the function, so it needs modification to work with the rewrite rule.

Any help is greatly appreciated, if you need more information, please ask.

Regards,
Karl

Quote:

www.mysite.com/quests works fine, the images load and so does the content.

However, if I do something like

www.mysite.com/quests/

it fails to load the images or the content.

I'm also trying to dynamically create a page.

The short answer is, use absolute paths(starting with /) to refer all elements from clients side. See http://www.codingforums.com/showthre...167#post784167

That does nothing except make the images not work.

Then you might be doing something wrong! Can't say anything without seeing a link to your page.

http://www.runehints.com/rhnew/

That's what I have so far, as you can see. /quests, /skills, etc work.

Here's my index.php:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php
function HtmlOut($Str) {
    return htmlentities($Str, ENT_QUOTES);
}
include ('tpl/header.tpl');

if (isset($_GET['page'])) {
    if (preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9-\/]+$/D', $_GET['page'])) {
        $_GET['page'] = str_replace('/', '', $_GET['page']);
        if (is_file('pages/'.$_GET['page'].'.php')) {
            $Page=$_GET['page'];
        } else {
            echo '<div id="contenttitle">File Not Found</div>
                        <div class="news">
                        <h1>File not Found</h1>
                              <p>Unfortunately but the file "<span>'.HtmlOut($_GET['page']).'</span>" could not be found.</p>
                              <p>If you believe this is an error, please contact an administrator immediately.</p>
                        </div>';
        }
    } else {
        $Flash='File &quote;'.HtmlOut($_GET['page']).'&quote; not found.';
    }
}
if ((empty($_GET['page'])) && (!file_exists('pages/'.$Page.'.php'))) {
    $Page = 'index';
}
if (is_file('pages/'.$Page.'.php') && file_exists('pages/'.$Page.'.php')) {
include('pages/'.$Page.'.php');
}

include ('tpl/sidebar.tpl');
include ('tpl/footer.tpl');

?>

I've mentioned about the changing "all the paths" in that link in my first post. That means, your link to CSS file should be

Code:

<link href="/rhnew/css/styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet">

Making the above change will show you some progress.

Then you have to change all paths to images in the above format, say

Code:

body{margin:0;padding:0;

background: #000 url('./../images/bg-overall.jpg'); background-position: center top; background-repeat: no-repeat;font: 76% arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;}

should be changed to

Code:

body{margin:0;padding:0;

background: #000 url('/rhnew/images/bg-overall.jpg'); background-position: center top; background-repeat: no-repeat;font: 76% arial,sans-serif;text-align:center;}

Similarly for all <img>, <script>, <a> tags.

Okay that's fine, the thing I can't get working now is the quests rewrite rule. To make www.mysite.com/quests/questname/id work correctly.