Mod_Rewrite an inner link

chilled · 29-11-2005 01:03AM #1

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

Serbian · 29-11-2005 12:43PM

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

chilled · 29-11-2005 12:57PM

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

dahamsta · 29-11-2005 01:08PM

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.

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