htaccess and folders? "/" or "\"

student101 · 03-14-2009, 08:16 PM

Code:

# block comment spam by denying access to no-referrer requests
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .page\.php*
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*example.com.* [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ^http://the-site-where-you-want-to-send-spammers.com/$ [R=301,L]

I am new to .htaccess and have to ask…
Q1: Can I use this for any page that is posting data?
Q2: If Q1 is YES, my page is one folder deep, ie:comments/page.php
Do I do this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .comments/page.php\.php*

Or this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .comments\page.php\.php*

Or this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .http://www/example.com/comments/page.php\.php*

Or this:

Code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ./var/htdocs/web/comments/page.php\.php*

Edit: I have searched and found nothing that answers my question!
Any help would be great.
Cheers

student101 · 03-15-2009, 08:51 AM

I really need help understanding what this does and if I am correct at all???

Code:

 
RewriteEngine On  # The RewriteEngine directive enables or disables the runtime rewriting engine.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} POST # The RewriteCond directive defines a rule condition.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .folder/pagename\.php* # Contains the value of the uri field of request? This part I don't get at all. is "/" or "\" or even "./" or ".\" (without quotes)
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !.*example.com.* [OR] # Check the REFERER
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ # Rewrite the Homepage, according to the User-Agent
RewriteRule (.*) http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}/$ [R=301,L] # Send the user back to their page they came from? This part I don't get either.

Cheers