htaccess question

Hi

I am writing a page but need it so that links look like the following:-

http://mysite/variable/

variable is not actually a folder but a variable.

I have seen it before but can't fnd it at the moment where script can be put
into the htaccess file so that the folder name is passed as a variable to a
certain script specified in the file.

Please can you either let me know what this script it or to forward me to a
site that may be able to help

Cheers For Any Help

Peter

Peter McDonald <filth.RemoveThis@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
 > I am writing a page but need it so that links look like the following:-
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://mysite/variable/</font" target="_blank">http://mysite/variable/</font</a>>
 > variable is not actually a folder but a variable.

Use mod_rewrite to alter the URL and call your script with your
variable.

Something like

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ /cgi-bin/yourscript.cgi?var=$1

See the documentation on mod_rewrite

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