.htaccess troubles

[mada9369]

how would i go about changing my urls that look like this;

http://localhost/profile/index.php?user=adam

to something like this;

http://localhost/profile/adam

Any help would be appreciated. =]

[maneetpuri]

Hi,

Put this code in your .htaccess file and it should solve the purpose: -

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^localhost/profile/index.php?users=$ [NC]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://localhost/profile/$1 [R=301,L]

Hope this works for you!


Cheers,

~Maneet Puri

[Master_script_maker]

try:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^profile/([a-z]+)$ profile/index.php?user=$1 [L]

[mada9369]

Both of those codes showed no response ='/
But im using my localhost as a tester...
would that make a difference?

[techietim]

You'll get a big 'ol error if you don't have mod_rewrite installed.

Try placing a .htaccess file in /profile with the following contents:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)$ index.php?user=$1
RewriteBase /profile/

[mada9369]

You'll get a big 'ol error if you don't have mod_rewrite installed.

Try placing a .htaccess file in /profile with the following contents:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z]+)$ index.php?user=$1
RewriteBase /profile/


that didn't work either :(
and how do check to see if i have mod_rewrite installed?

[mada9369]

could it be the .htaccess file that is causing this?