-- Posted by ThugAngel at 12:30 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 So I wrote the following in a .htaccess file: Code: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^games$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/index.php?category=games [R] The problem is that the address in the browser is replaced with 'http://localhost/index.php?category=games', when I want it to remain http://localhost/games/ Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks -- Posted by memorexdl at 12:37 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 I are tarded dent esk meh -- Posted by Tony327 at 12:38 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 I believe by having the http:// in the rewrite rule, that forces an address change. Try taking that off (and even the server name variable), and see if that works? -- Posted by Tony327 at 12:41 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 (I've done work with htaccess and mod_rewrite on my own before, and have never had to have http://%{SERVER_NAME} in my rewrite rules to accomplish what I wanted to accomplish.) -- Posted by Narfle the Garthok at 12:43 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from ThugAngel at 12:30 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 So I wrote the following in a .htaccess file: Code: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^games$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/index.php?category=games [R] The problem is that the address in the browser is replaced with 'http://localhost/index.php?category=games', when I want it to remain http://localhost/games/ Does anyone know how I can do this? Thanks Code: RewriteRule ^games$ http://%{SERVER_NAME}/index.php?category=games you are telling it to point to http://localhost/index.php?category=games http://www.ecauldron.com/web/design020.php Read that it will help you understand where you went wrong. -- Posted by ThugAngel at 12:46 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 If I don't put the http://%{REMOTE_HOST}/ I this error http://localhost/C:/http/index.php?category=games C:/http/ being where the server is. Also, my rewrite works, but I don't want the browser address to change. -- Posted by Narfle the Garthok at 12:46 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 I see what your saying now. -- Posted by Tony327 at 12:55 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from ThugAngel at 3:46 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 If I don't put the http://%{REMOTE_HOST}/ I this error http://localhost/C:/http/index.php?category=games C:/http/ being where the server is. Also, my rewrite works, but I don't want the browser address to change. This might not be relevant, but, why do you have the [R] flag? Have you tried taking it off, and seeing what that does? -- Posted by ThugAngel at 12:58 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from Tony327 at 3:55 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from ThugAngel at 3:46 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 If I don't put the http://%{REMOTE_HOST}/ I this error    http://localhost/C:/http/index.php?category=games    C:/http/ being where the server is. Also, my rewrite works, but I don't want the browser address to change. This might not be relevant, but, why do you have the [R] flag? Have you tried taking it off, and seeing what that does? LOL that worked!! thanks! also when removing that I didn't need to specify the whole server. Code: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^games index.php?category=games -- Posted by Tony327 at 1:03 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from ThugAngel at 3:58 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from Tony327 at 3:55 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 Quote: from ThugAngel at 3:46 pm on Aug. 25, 2008 If I don't put the http://%{REMOTE_HOST}/ I this error   http://localhost/C:/http/index.php?category=games   C:/http/ being where the server is. Also, my rewrite works, but I don't want the browser address to change.    This might not be relevant, but, why do you have the [R] flag? Have you tried taking it off, and seeing what that does?   LOL that worked!! thanks! also when removing that I didn't need to specify the whole server. Code: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^games index.php?category=games I'm glad it worked