Mod_Rewrite Example

The following file path was requested on the server:

/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/index.php?		

And the following data was passed along in the query string of the GET request for this script:

No data in the query string

If the file path or the query string are not the same as the URL in your browser's address bar, then you are the victim of a mod_rewrite!

Here are some links with Fancy URLs. They all rewrite to this same page:

• http://onepotcooking.com/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/foo
• http://onepotcooking.com/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/anything-goes-around-here
• http://onepotcooking.com/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/foo/2011/4/10
• http://onepotcooking.com/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/foo/this/that/the_other
• http://onepotcooking.com/examples/class10/mod_rewrite/not/a/query/string