Mod rewrite username forwarder

[Natch]

Well then, the .htaccess would be

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^~([a-z0-9\ -=]*)$ forumroot/member.php?username=$1 [L,NC]

EG: I have this installed and working on mobileforces.org, with the following RewriteRule, to get http://www.mobileforces.org/~Natcher00 pointing to my Profile.

RewriteRule ^~([a-z0-9\ -=]*)$ /forums/member.php?username=$1 [L,NC]

NOTE: Spaces issue resolved:, also added characters used by my members, but you will need to update this list if you find characters your members use...

[nr404]

just a small question considering my usual username (#404)

does this mods also work with usernames beginning with an #?


or is there maybe a possibility to use links like http://username.test.com

[Borgs8472]

I'm interested in this hack, which of those options would people recommend most?

[Natch]

With other characters, you will need to test adding those characters into the regular expression test (bolded)... I've added your # symbol as an example...

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^~([a-z0-9\ -=#]*)$ forumroot/member.php?username=$1 [L,NC]

and if you get a 500 Internal server error, you might find you need to escape the character you want to add... (eg look at the way the space character is escaped with the "\" beforehand)...

[M1th]

Only trouble would be the who's online location. Say you go to Vvew ~M1th profile, you'd possibly get Unknown Location /~M1th

[Natch]

Yeah: that could be resolved in the same way we resolved the issues of thread locations and mod_rewriting the forum/thread/post URL's (discussion on dani-web linked in my sig)...