Mod_Rewrite for URL - mod-rewrite

Question

I have been looking through questions and answer for days trying to figure out how to make this work.
So far I can get my URL to change, but it won't load the page.
I have to take
http://www.mysite.com/index.php?mode=about
And have it show up as
http://www.mysite.com/about/
So far I have the following code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^mode=(.*)
RewriteRule ^ http\:\/\/\www.mysite.com\/%1? [R=301,L]
RewriteRule /(.*) /index.php?mode=%1 [L]
I have changed things multiple times and nothing. Most site seem to tell me I don't need the 301 redirect but then I can't get anything to work.

Answer 1

For (your) example, once you've properly routed from mysite.com/index.php?mode=about to mysite.com/about, it's now going to look at mysite.com/about/ to find what comes next (index.py/index.html/etc).
Because there is nothing at /about/, you're getting a 404 error.
I don't think you can use mod_rewrite to do exactly what you're trying to achieve, without having some handling within /about/ to actually display the page you want once you get there.
http://www.noupe.com/php/10-mod_rewrite-rules-you-should-know.html
Remember the Filesystem Always Takes Precedence
The filesystem on your server will always take precedence over the
rewritten URL. For example, if you have a directory named “services”
and within that directory is a file called “design.html”, you can’t
have the URL redirect to “http://domain.com/services”. What happens is
that Apache goes into the “services” directory and doesn’t see the
rewrite instructions.
To fix this, simply rename your directory (adding an underscore to the
beginning or end is a simple way to do that).

Answer 2

I have to take
http://www.mysite.com/index.php?mode=about
And have it show up as
http://www.mysite.com/about/
There are two very common types of rules that people want and your statement can be interpreted two ways which require different rules. I'm going to interpret your statement that you have a real, operational script at http://www.mysite.com/index.php?mode=about, but instead of having the user enter that "ugly" URL, you want them to be served that URL when they enter http://www.mysite.com/about/. To accomplish this, you would do the following:
RewriteRule ^about/?$ /index.php?mode=about [L]
Because of the potential for misunderstanding, it's best to state what you want as (1) What the user will enter into their browser and (2) what real file you want to serve them.

Answer 3

I don't believe you need lines #2 & 3 & you seem to have % instead of $, try:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^\/]+) /index.php?mode=$1 [L]

Answer 4

Solved the problem. Thanks for all the help.
#< IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# RewriteEngine on
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
#< /IfModule>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?mode=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ index.php?mode=$1

Answer 5

You can use this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ /index.php?mode=$1 [L]
Where the beginning still allows for other folders to be accessible.