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[_] Any Apache PHP Wizards?

andrew holway andrew at moonet.co.uk
Thu Jan 3 14:58:24 GMT 2008

Yes, but you can then do the magic by user, this user = foo, other user = bar

I would suggest talking to the guys on freenode IRC #apache.

they know their stuff.

On Jan 3, 2008 9:39 AM, Ritesh Patel <ritesh.patel at purplelight.com> wrote:
>
>
>    Having had a quick glance at mod user_dir, isn't that only for
> showing the html folders of existing user on the server rather than
> redirecting a parameter to a php script? By all means correct me if
> I'm wrong.
>
>    Might be an idea do it by checking if the parameter after the
> domain exists as a file or directory in a RewriteCond (using the -f
> and -d flags) and if it doesn't, then redirect that parameter to the
> user php script.
>
>
>    Quoting andrew holway <andrew at moonet.co.uk>:
>
> > Read up about mod user_dir and upgrade your apache!!!!!!!
> >
> > 2.2 is the current version.
> >
> > Ta
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On Jan 3, 2008 8:16 AM, Sam Machin <sam at bs8.org.uk> wrote:
> >> Hi _
> >>
> >> I'm trying to build a site/service and I want to be able to have
> >> usernames ulrs, e.g. http://foo.com/sam
> >>
> >> I've worked out how to pass parameters as slashes in the URL eg
> >> foo.com/user/sam where user is a php script but I'd like to do it on
> >> the top level.
> >>
> >> Currently I've defined a custom 404 page in .htaccess and I'm using
> >> the $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] variable to get the username.
> >>
> >> However I'm rather aware that hacking the 404 isn't really an ideal
> >> solution, anybody know how to do it properly?
> >>
> >> FYI I'm running apache1.3 on a MacOSX box and I've got root access.
> >>
> >> Rgds
> >> Sam
> >>
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