[HELP] Make user profiles .htaccess?

Hi, I want to be able to make user profiles like this:

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www.site.com/username

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Instead of things like:

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www.site.com/profile/username

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So, in my .htaccess file I have:

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ profile.php?user=$1 [L]

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But then, that means if I go to a link like

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www.site.com/contact/

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In .htaccess it will process:

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www.site.com/profile.php?user=contact

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Any ideas on how to do it? I've seen it on other sites and it works fine for them.

Any usefull help will be fully appreciated and 'thanked'.

Thanks,
- m0nsta.

Put a .htaccess in a folder, make a .htusers for that specific folder. Done.

.htaccess Tutorial - Part 1

Edit: Ehh NVM looks like your trying to do something a little different, above link might help you anyways

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Originally Posted by billybombill

Put a .htaccess in a folder, make a .htusers for that specific folder. Done.

.htaccess Tutorial - Part 1

Edit: Ehh NVM looks like your trying to do something a little different, above link might help you anyways

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Thanks for your help, but my PC has a virus and I can't view certain sites, but I'm buying a new harddrive next week so that should fix the problem, so when I get it I'll check that link out.

I thanked you.

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Originally Posted by m0nsta.

Hi, I want to be able to make user profiles like this:

Code:

---

www.site.com/username

---

Instead of things like:

Code:

---

www.site.com/profile/username

---

So, in my .htaccess file I have:

Code:

---

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ profile.php?user=$1 [L]

---

But then, that means if I go to a link like

Code:

---

www.site.com/contact/

---

In .htaccess it will process:

Code:

---

www.site.com/profile.php?user=contact

---

Any ideas on how to do it? I've seen it on other sites and it works fine for them.

Any usefull help will be fully appreciated and 'thanked'.

Thanks,
- m0nsta.

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Add a rewrite rule for your matching pages (e.g. aboutus, contact, home), then below that, keep the user profile rules.

For example:

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RewriteRule ^(aboutus|contact|home)$ page.php?p=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?user=$1 [L]

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Good luck.

@Ian: i didnt think about that :O

@m0nsta: you could use Malwarebytes if it lets you, ive used it for a few years ad works good (doesn't replace ant virus software but it scans well)

Thanks to you both :)

I'll try your method out now Ian