New mod rewrite ?

[DjDanHayden]

Hi all,

At the moment i have:

RewriteRule arena/(.*)$ game.php?game=$1

Which rewrites .com/game.php?game=34 to .com/arena/MW2


But im looking to edit this so i can add two more paths on front like this:

.com/platform/360/arena/mw3

Those two pats, the first one is always /platform/ and the second one can change to anything depending on the link.

Cany anyone help ??

[Fou-Lu]

This wording is backwards: Which rewrites .com/game.php?game=34 to .com/arena/MW2. Its the other way around, the path /arena/mw2 is mapped to /game.php?game=mw2.

You don't need to do a thing. The rule you have will still match the MW3 as your rule specifies it must end in /arena/(.*) which it does. You only need to alter the pattern if you need to capture which platform it is on.

[DjDanHayden]

Originally Posted by Fou-Lu

This wording is backwards: Which rewrites .com/game.php?game=34 to .com/arena/MW2. Its the other way around, the path /arena/mw2 is mapped to /game.php?game=mw2.

You don't need to do a thing. The rule you have will still match the MW3 as your rule specifies it must end in /arena/(.*) which it does. You only need to alter the pattern if you need to capture which platform it is on.

When i go to /platform/360/arena/mw3

it just takes me to the platform.php file not the game.php (arena) file

[Fou-Lu]

Since you haven't accessed a specific page, and you doesn't map to an index, that would tell me you have more rules in place overriding this rule.

[DjDanHayden]

Originally Posted by Fou-Lu

Since you haven't accessed a specific page, and you doesn't map to an index, that would tell me you have more rules in place overriding this rule.

Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^user/(.*)$ user.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^platform/(.*)$ platform.php?platform=$1
RewriteRule ^arena/(.*)$ game.php?game=$1

[Fou-Lu]

And that's correct. Your platform rule matches your input prior to your arena check.
You can either refine the rulesets, or you can move the check for arena up and flag it last with [L]

Edit:
Wait, your rules have changed. You'll need to write a more refined rule if you plan on adding a starts with to the pattern.