mod_rewrite Directory Problem

[Rik G.]

I'm trying to replace a PHP query string with virtual directories using
Apache's mod_rewrite. Here's my test .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^qqq$ database.php?cat=0
RewriteRule ^qqq/xxx$ database.php?cat=0

The problem is that database.php contains several relative paths to
images. This means mydomain/qqq works fine and all the images are found
but when typing mydomain/qqq/xxx the file database.php seems to think it
is in the xxx directory and cannot find the images.

What, apart from not using relative paths in database.php, can be done
to make things work correctly so that database.php always thinks it is
in the root directory and finds the images?

Regards

R.

[Paul Lautman]

Rik G. wrote:

I'm trying to replace a PHP query string with virtual directories
using Apache's mod_rewrite. Here's my test .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^qqq$ database.php?cat=0
RewriteRule ^qqq/xxx$ database.php?cat=0

The problem is that database.php contains several relative paths to
images. This means mydomain/qqq works fine and all the images are
found but when typing mydomain/qqq/xxx the file database.php seems to
think it is in the xxx directory and cannot find the images.

What, apart from not using relative paths in database.php, can be done
to make things work correctly so that database.php always thinks it is
in the root directory and finds the images?

Regards

R.

Methnks that question might be better in alt.apache.configuration or even
over at http://www.mod-rewrite.com/forum/

[lorento]

Rik G. wrote:

What, apart from not using relative paths in database.php, can be done
to make things work correctly so that database.php always thinks it is
in the root directory and finds the images?

Define your image directory in .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^qqq/images/(.*)$ images/$1
regards,

Lorento
--
http://blog.deshot.com
http://www.groupvita.com

[Rik G.]

lorento wrote:

Rik G. wrote:

What, apart from not using relative paths in database.php, can be done
to make things work correctly so that database.php always thinks it is
in the root directory and finds the images?

Define your image directory in .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^qqq/images/(.*)$ images/$1
regards,

Lorento
--
http://blog.deshot.com
http://www.groupvita.com

Thank you, that does the trick.

R.