Problem displaying rewitten URLs as rewritten

[Custard7A]

Hi all, I have re-wrote my URLs with the .htaccess to be more user friendly. Currently I have:

domain.com/user/UserName

If I have a user called "UserName" this URL works how you would think.

But because these pages have variables I seem to have a problem with displaying the links to the user page to the clients. Obviously I can't write a static link as that will only ever link to one user. Currently I use something like this to have a link to a logged in persons own user page from the header of the site:

domain.com/userinfo.php?user=$session->username

with my rewrite rule looking like this:

RewriteRule ^user/([^/]*)$ /userinfo.php?user=$1 [L]

So, the problem is the link they press still looks like:

domain.com/userinfo.php?user=UserName

I am wondering how I can make it so it will display a link to click that is rewritten like the first example?

[abduraooft]

Obviously I can't write a static link as that will only ever link to one user.

So, the problem is the link they press still looks like:

domain.com/userinfo.php?user=UserName

Can't you just change that link to the format

PHP Code:

domain.com/user/{$session->username} 


? (Sorry, if I didn't get the issue.)

[Custard7A]

Oh, brilliant, what a simple oversight. I guess I was somehow thinking the rewrite would convert all links without me changing that. Well, many thanks, another valuable lesson learned.

[Custard7A]

I do have one problem with it still; when on a user page and I click on the header link to the users own profile, laid out like:

domain.com/user/{$session->username}

It comes up as

domain.com/user/user/UserName

That is of course an invalid link and just gives a 404. How can I fix that? If someone knows the answer here?

[abduraooft]

PHP Code:

echo "<a href=\"/user/{$session->username}\">{$session->username}</a>"; 


or

PHP Code:

<a href="/user/<?php echo $session->username;?>"><?php echo $session->username;?></a>

or

PHP Code:

echo '<a href="/user/'.$session->username.'">'.$session->username.'</a>'; 


[Custard7A]

Works great now, thanks again abduraooft. I guess it was just how I'd wrote the link out.