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Mod_Rewrite an inner link

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  • 29-11-2005 1:03am
    #1
    chilled
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭


    How can i do inner links ( e.g. <a href="#top">) with mod_rewrite. Just say i have a rewrite rule like following and i type

    www.something.com/product/4
    into the browser, i want it to be actually going to
    www.something.com/product.php#4

    RewriteRule product/4 product.php#$ [L]

    The problem is that the hash symbol is used for comments as well in .htaccess files.

    I have tried escaping the hash character and entering the ascii value but no luck.

    Has anyone ever tried this before, is it possible? Or is there a proper name for inner links so I might be able to search for an answer better.

    Thanks


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    #2
    Serbian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,157 ✭✭✭Serbian


    Interesting problem. I imagine you would have to handle the inner link using PHP. You could write a JavaScript function that scrolls to the product onload, and use PHP to pass the variable in. e.g.:
    RewriteRule ^product/([0-9]+)/?$ product.php?id=$1 [L]

    Then have a JavaScript function that will scroll to internal links when passed an id and place it in the onload even for body:

    [php]<body onload="Scroll2ID('<?=$id;?>')">[/php]

    There's a good tutorial on Sitepoint about Javascript scrolling to internal links:

    http://www.sitepoint.com/article/scroll-smoothly-javascript


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    #3
    chilled
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭chilled


    Yeah thats the probably the best option for the moment. Don't want to spend hours search for something that mightn't be possible. Cheers


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    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    See Extended Redirection in Engelschall's Rewrite Guide. It doesn't answer your question directly, but it should give you a starting point.

    An inner link is more commonly referred to as an anchor.

    adam


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