Problems with add_rewrite_rule() regex

Hy Chillifish,

Non of the links are showing anything?

What is it you are trying to accomplish?

Do you wish to pass the reference but stay on the same page?

Kind regards,

Larsen

Hy Chillifish,

Sorry to keep you waiting, needed to pick the kids out of school.

here’s the code:

$propurl='http://mysite.com/cottage-details/G638';

$propref= substr(strrchr($propurl, "/"), 1);

// so show the last text after the slash so i could see if it was working
echo $propref;

This would get the last text ( or numbers) after the last slash.

Hope this will help.

Kind regards,

Larsen

Hy,

Maybe you could submit a form to a other page with a .gif image and a loading sign.. then store the url in a session and redirect back to the previous page.

get the permalink like this -> $propurl = substr(the_permalink(), 0, -1); this way you store the permalink without the last /

There might be a better solution like working with ajax.
You can submit the form with ajax so the actual page doesn’t disappear.
this could help (sorry i can’t provide u with a working sample, javascript is not my strongest side :))

Kind regards,

Larsen

Hi chillifish,

Is kind of hard to find the fix for your code cause i can’t test it but here it goes:

add_action( 'init', 'rewriteprop_init' );
function rewriteprop_init()
{
    add_rewrite_rule(
        // The regex to match the incoming URL
        'cottage-details/([^/]+)/?',
        'index.php?p=2&propref=$matches[1]',
        'top' );
}
//store query var for further use
add_filter( 'query_vars', 'prop_vars' );
function prop_vars( $query_vars )
{
    $query_vars[] = 'cottage-details';
    return $query_vars;
}

Now you can get or add the query var and value

add_query_arg( array('cottage-details' => 'value'), old_url );

$value = get_query_var('cottage-details');

I’ve been not able to test it, use at own risk.
If this is not working can you tell me what plugin you are using so i can install it and search for a fix.

Why did you add rewrite tag?
This is for adding a tag to use on the permalinks settings page.

You might need to flush your permalinks after adding the above code (or maby you own code will work also after flushing, you could tty this before ading the probided code.)

Read http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Function_Reference/flush_rewrite_rules

Just saw your edit, is it working now?

If so kan you post the solution for future reference.

Kind regards,

Larsen