BrendanMullan Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hi everone i am currently building a social network website, i have it mostly finished but one thing i am trying to do is instead of my members having the profile name of www.domain.com/ members.php?username=04836flfgkfifg84 for example, i want it to be like twitter or facebook where it is like www.facebook.com/Brendan Can someone help me out on doing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 check out Mod Rewrite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanMullan Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Would i have to create a page for each user called there name? or can i rewrite the members.php?username=user to only show as /user Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 You can have it set so members.php?username=user shows up as /user You can even have it set so members.php?username=user shows up as /hidden_files/users/u/user how ever you like. Just ask for help in the topic I linked to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanMullan Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Looking at a lot of the threads there i have tried a few ways and with no luck, i seen there is a way with php maybe, i have the username in the database that i want for the url so www.domain.com/username, anyone know a way i can grab the users username and replace the members.php?username=user with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 You cannot do it with pure php. You must set up a mod_rewrite rule. That is the only way to re-write the file name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanMullan Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 I have tried like this RewriteEngine On RewriteRule ^/(.+)$ /members.php?username=$1 does nothing RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+) members.php?username=$1 RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ $2.php?username=$1 takes out the members.php but stays on members page cant go anywhere else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 change your base to RewriteBase /members.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrendanMullan Posted May 13, 2011 Author Share Posted May 13, 2011 Still cant move to any page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 I know the basics of mod_rewrite. I would recommend that you read up on the topic, or ask the proper forum. We won't do everything for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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