I am not sure if this is the right place top but this here is my problem.

I want to make it so http://blog.domain.com/AfterShock will go to http://blog.domain.com/blog.php?name=AfterShock

Also like this

http://blog.domain.com/Someone1 >>> http://blog.domain.com/blog.php?name=Someone1
http://blog.domain.com/Someone2 >>> http://blog.domain.com/blog.php?name=Someone2

This is for my php users system. I have been told by many people to use .htaccess files to do it but I have no idea how to do it.

You could set the catch22 page on your server to an intermediate file (maybe referer-redirect.php) and then use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to find the URL of the refering page. Then you can use the following to redirect to the page URL that you want:

PHP Code:

// save the referer path
$path = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$name= (manipulate path to get what you want)

// this redirects the page
header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php?name=$name"); 


However, I should caution you that according to the PHP manual, 'HTTP_REFERER' "cannot be trusted." Try it out and see if it works!

i've asked one of my friend who is using this kind of methond
he said you have to set in the Apache setting
create an alias for it and everything done.

i'm don't have example with me now.
i try to get one for you if i can

good luck

Originally Posted by ademaskoo

You could set the catch22 page on your server to an intermediate file (maybe referer-redirect.php) and then use $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to find the URL of the refering page. Then you can use the following to redirect to the page URL that you want:

PHP Code:

// save the referer path
$path = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$name= (manipulate path to get what you want)

// this redirects the page
header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php?name=$name"); 


However, I should caution you that according to the PHP manual, 'HTTP_REFERER' "cannot be trusted." Try it out and see if it works!

Where would i put this code, in index.php? Also I am not sure what I should put inside $name. Because I need this non-existing directory to redirect to a file like blog.php?name=$username and $username is the directory that doesnt exist.