Hi Dave
Just a quick note, alot of the links when using htaccess are still relative to the root so things like...
if (file_exists(".htaccess"))
{
$merchant_href = "merchant/";
}
else
{
$merchant_href = "merchants.php";
}Should Be
if (file_exists(".htaccess"))
{
$merchant_href = $config_baseHREF."merchant/";
}
else
{
$merchant_href = "merchants.php";
}very good point hadn't thought about that - have been living in a mod_rewrite world for too long now :-)
not a problem with the server i put this script on, but some of the servers i have dont allow modrewrite via .htaccess
Hi,
Agreed - i'll move this to a config setting rather than detecting whether .htaccess exists (and fix any missing $config_baseHREF's ;)
The reason I didn't do this in the first place is because I was worried that people would turn on search engine friendly URLs during installation without setting up the necessary settings in .htaccess.
As a compromise, what I will do is make it a config setting; and then perform a test in setup.php that will check for .htaccess if search engine friendly URLs have been enabled.
I actually think that
if (file_exists(".htaccess"))
is not the best way of doing it, maybe a y/n in the config file..
the reason being, ever linus site i have has a .htaccess file in it, notrmally to control things like 404 errors, or for cgi overrides, doesnt mean i have the mod-rewrite in place!!