I’m trying to make a very simple small app in php: it is a small caption system for a museum. The structure is an so an index.php file that sends requests via querystring to a details.php page where I can read the single caption.
I’ll preface this by saying that I know little about servers and routing so I’m definitely missing something simple.I’ve tried watching every tutorial imaginable but I can’t figure out what’s not working.
I am developing locally on MAMP: basic rewrites are working but my solution doesn’t.
This is the markup for the index:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<?php include('includes/header.php'); ?>
<?php foreach($didas as $dida): ?>
<h3><?php echo htmlspecialchars($dida['title']); ?></h3>
<a href = "details/details.php?url=<?php echo($dida['url']) ?>" >link</a>;
<?php endforeach ?>
<?php include('includes/footer.php'); ?>
</html>
The database is a table with 4 columns in mySql. one these columns is the url parameter which ideally becomes the querystring that calls the caption to me.
The url with the querystring is something like this:
http://localhost:8888/dida/details/details.php?url=test-1
and I am trying to rewrite it like this:
http://localhost:8888/dida/details/test-1
And here is my problem:
I tried to change this url with .htaccess: I followed a lot of different tutorials and answers here on stackoverflow
This is my Htaccess code
RewriteEngine On
# this rule rewrites my url but it gives me a 404 error
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} ^$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^url=([w/-]*)
RewriteRule ^details/details.php$ /dida/details/%1 [QSD,R=302,L]