How do I create my own url parser using Apache?
I heard that it can be done with a web.config
. I want to do it like this, for example my url http://help.BHStudios.org/site
can go to http://BHStudios.org/help.php?section=site
or http://i.BHStudios.org/u3Hiu
can redirect to another url stored in the database with a hash u3Hiu
as the key, or if something goes wrong and the internal structure of the file appears as http://Kyli.BHStudios.org/http/bhstudios/v2/self/index.php
(something which happens to GoDaddy's servers for whatever reason) it will change it to its intended URL http://Kyli.BHStudios.org
before it exposes the user.
Since I've never done this before, could you also explain why you gave the answer you did?
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A few Apache mod_rewrite rules in your httpd.conf servers or in your .htaccess file, most of what you want will execute in your htdocs directory, for example
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Default Rule - for non physical objects (not a file or directory):
# Internally rewrite (user won't see the URL) to /index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ /index.php [L]
#If the Browser request contains a .php, instruct the browser to remove it.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,NC,L]
# Specific rule
RewriteRule ^/?site /help.php?section=site
Masking real filesystem objects won't be perfect and a little pointless as the user just needs to right-click and view the source on any served page to get the actual URLs.
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