php submit form and mod_rewrite
 

Hello friends, I have a question,

I use mod_rewrite in htaccess,

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ index.php?do=search&subaction=search&story=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/$ index.php?do=search&subaction=search&story=$1


It means, normally the search page url is like

site.com/index.php?do=search&subaction=search&story=blabla

but I use mod_rewrite in htaccess and the above url can be seen by visiting this url:

site.com/blabla/

Everything is ok here. But if user search something from search form, the url is seen as

site.com/index.php?do=search&subaction=search&story=blabla

How can I make it the other type of url when user search something from search form? Thank you.

The simple answer is to use header() - post the form to itself and include a handler that will use the search term in a redirect, ie header( 'Location: http://site.com/blabla/' );

Are you sure you want to set up your mod_rewrite to work this way? Unless you're creating a search engine, I suppose...

If you have your rewrite rules working, the other option would be to use Javascript in the form, so that when it is submitted, it redirects the user the /<fieldvalue> url instead of doing the regular submit.