this is the url my application uses
http://mydomain.com/index.php
http://mydomain.com/video.php?id=29
http://mydomain.com/news.php?id=33
http://mydomain.com/photos.php?albumid=10
http://mydomain.com/archive.php
http://mydomain.com/album.php
http://mydomain.com/contact.php
i want to make m url look clean with htaccess like
http://mydomain.com/video/id/29
http://mydomain.com/news/id/33
http://mydomain.com/photos/albumid/10
http://mydomain.com/archive
http://mydomain.com/album
http://mydomain.com/contact
the problem is older application already uses lot of htaccess codes in the root directory. here is the code which already exist in htaccess.
php_value post_max_size 100M
php_value upload_max_filesize 100M
php_value memory_limit 100M
#
# Apache/PHP/osTube settings:
#
# Don t show directory listings for URLs which map to a directory.
#Options -Indexes
# Follow symbolic links in this directory.
#Options +FollowSymLinks
# Set the default handler.
#DirectoryIndex index.php
# Override some PHP settings.
# PHP 4, Apache 1.
<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value error_reporting 6135
</IfModule>
# PHP 4, Apache 2.
<IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
php_value error_reporting 6135
</IfModule>
# PHP 5, Apache 1 and 2.
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value error_reporting 6135
</IfModule>
# Deny access to certain files
<Files "convert.php">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
</Files>
# Various rewrite rules.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# If your site can be accessed both with and without the prefix www. you
# can use one of the following settings to force user to use only one option:
#
# If you want the site to be accessed WITH the www. only, adapt and
# uncomment the following:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule .* http://www.example.com/ [L,R=301]
#
# If you want the site to be accessed only WITHOUT the www. prefix, adapt
# and uncomment the following:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.example.com$ [NC]
# RewriteRule .* http://example.com/ [L,R=301]
# Modify the RewriteBase if you are using osTube in a subdirectory and
# the rewrite rules are not working properly.
# RewriteBase /ostube
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Home(.*)$ index.php$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(video|audio|document|photo)/([0-9]+)(/[^/]+)?/?(.*)$ mediadetails.php?mid=$2&$4 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Video(.*)$ media.php?type=video$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Audio(.*)$ media.php?type=audio$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Document(.*)$ media.php?type=document$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Photo(.*)$ media.php?type=photo$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Tags(.*)$ tags.php$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Community(.*)$ community.php$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^weblog/([0-9]+)(/[^/]+)?/?(.*)$ blog.php?action=post&pid=$1&$3 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Weblog(.*)$ blog.php$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Channel/(video|audio|document|photo)/([0-9]+)(/[^/]+)?/?(.*)$ media.php?type=$1&chid=$2$4 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^Tag/([0-9]+)/?(.*)$ search_result.php?tid=$1&$2 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^User/([^/]+)/?(.*)$ userprofile.php?uname=$1$2 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^WebTV/([^/]+)/([0-9]+)(.*)$ webtv.php?mode=$1&id=$2$3 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^WebTV(.*)$ webtv.php$1 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^flvplayer.swf vimp.swf [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^mediaid=(d+)&action=getmediainfo$
RewriteRule ^$ flashcomm.php?mediaid=%1&action=getmediainfo [L,NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^action=getmediainfo&mediaid=(d+)$
RewriteRule ^$ flashcomm.php?mediaid=%1&action=getmediainfo [L,NC]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ sitemap.php [L,QSA,NC]
</IfModule>
what code i should be using for Rewrite_rule and also i would appreciate if someone could guide me to the tutorial where i would be able to understand htaccess and also the regular expressions.
additionally i would want to disable the file viewing Option Indexes or something which i don t remember exactly.
thank you..