mod_rewrite: must the rewritten url exist? (nu-B)

suppose the requested url is
www.server.com/page.php?qs=s

and in the address bar i want it displayed as
www.server.com/s

while still serving www.server.com/page.php
and not having any www.server.com/s/index.php

is this possible?

Yes, this is possible, no the filename can exist but needn't.

And where do you expect to use mod_rewrite? In your
httpd.coonf/per-server context or in per-dir context (e.g. .htaccess files)?

RewriteEngine on
# exclude slash and period
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ /page.php?qs=$1 [L]

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Robert

Robert Ionescu wrote:
> Yes, this is possible, no the filename can exist but needn't.
>
> And where do you expect to use mod_rewrite? In your
> httpd.coonf/per-server context or in per-dir context (e.g. .htaccess files)?

It probably will be on a server where I cannot access httpd.conf.
>From the little I've read, I remember something about having to use
rewriteBase.

> RewriteEngine on
> # exclude slash and period
> RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ /page.php?qs=$1 [L]
This is really strange...

I would've written something like
RewriteRule ^(.*=)(.*)$ www.server.com/$2

Anyway, don't give me the answer to this one, I need the homework :)


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> Robert

zorro wrote:
> I remember something about having to use
> rewriteBase.

If you use a filepath in th substitution and an alias or mod_userdir,
yes. But with an URL-path in the substitution: no.

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Robert