Difference between revisions of "Friendly URL's"
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| + | = Mod-rewrite rules = | ||
| + | We use [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html mod-rewrite] to change the illegally formatted "friendly" request into a legitimate request directed at the ''index.php'' script like usual. Mod-rewrite is used to specify a condition pattern, and a transformation rule to apply to the URL if it matches the condition pattern. Our mod-rewrite directives are as follows: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | RewriteEngine On | ||
| + | RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/w.*/ | ||
| + | RewriteRule ^/(.*) /wiki/index.php/$1 [L] | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
| + | The [[w:mod rewrite]]re-write condition says not to touch any URL's which start with a lowercase ''W'' and start and finish with a forward slash, this protects all old-style article requests, and requests to internal MediaWiki files like scripts or images. It also allows other directories of web documents outside the wiki such as http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/www/media | ||
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| + | The re-write rule then assumes everything after the leading slash to be an article name and reformats the URL accordingly. Also <tt>$wgArticlePath = "/$1"</tt> is set in ''LocalSettings.php'' to make the friendly form the default way of rendering links. Links involving a query-string will use the usual format. | ||
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| + | = Bug fixes = | ||
| + | *It was transforming to <tt>...index.php?title=$1</tt>, but this cause the ampersand bug, see [[17 February 2007]] news item. | ||
| + | *Its been improved now so that URL's are only left alone if requesting a folder (following slash) of name starting with lowercase ''W''. This fixes a bug where articles starting with ''W'' had to be specified with capital first letter. [[User:Nad|Nad]] 14:25, 14 Feb 2006 (NZDT) | ||
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| + | = See also = | ||
| + | *[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL MediaWiki's manual entry] | ||
| + | *[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Make_non-ugly_URLs WikiMedia article on freindly URL's] | ||
Revision as of 03:38, 17 February 2007
Mod-rewrite rules
We use mod-rewrite to change the illegally formatted "friendly" request into a legitimate request directed at the index.php script like usual. Mod-rewrite is used to specify a condition pattern, and a transformation rule to apply to the URL if it matches the condition pattern. Our mod-rewrite directives are as follows:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/w.*/
RewriteRule ^/(.*) /wiki/index.php/$1 [L]
The w:mod rewritere-write condition says not to touch any URL's which start with a lowercase W and start and finish with a forward slash, this protects all old-style article requests, and requests to internal MediaWiki files like scripts or images. It also allows other directories of web documents outside the wiki such as http://www.organicdesign.co.nz/www/media
The re-write rule then assumes everything after the leading slash to be an article name and reformats the URL accordingly. Also $wgArticlePath = "/$1" is set in LocalSettings.php to make the friendly form the default way of rendering links. Links involving a query-string will use the usual format.
Bug fixes
- It was transforming to ...index.php?title=$1, but this cause the ampersand bug, see 17 February 2007 news item.
- Its been improved now so that URL's are only left alone if requesting a folder (following slash) of name starting with lowercase W. This fixes a bug where articles starting with W had to be specified with capital first letter. Nad 14:25, 14 Feb 2006 (NZDT)
