On 1/19/06, Jason Williard <jwilliard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a site that shows weather forecasts. I would like create a
> RewriteRule to redirect to the proper URL when someone appends their zipcode
> to the base url.
>
> i.e. http://weather.domain.com/12345 ->
> http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=12345
>
> So far, I have tried several methods but cannot get it to work. Here are my
> current rules in the .htaccess file:
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/([^/]*)
> http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=$1 [PT,QSA]
>
> I have also tried each of the following:
>
> RewriteRule ^/([^/][0-9])
> http://www.searching.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=$1 [PT,QSA]
> RewriteRule ^/([^/][0-9]{5})
> http://www.searching.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=$1 [PT,QSA]
> RewriteRule ^/([0-9]{5})
> http://www.searching.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=$1 [PT,QSA]
> RewriteRule ^/([0-9])
> http://www.searching.com/cgi-bin/weather/weather.pl?zip=$1 [PT,QSA]
>
> None of these have worked. I simply get a 404 Not Found error. However, I
> know that mod_rewrite is working as I had another rule in place for
> redirecting anything that goes to that page to the default URL.
>
> Any ideas?
Use the RewriteLog to see what mod_rewrite is doing.
Joshua.
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