[Resolved] PHP Dynamic sig

Thanks to a friend i got a script working below but i would like to make it so i can give out the link with a small alteration so people can have their username in the window

eg: http://sf.greyfyre.info/roed/dynamicsig/Jazz00006
or
http:http://sf.greyfyre.info/roed/dynamic.../Some_one_else

is there any way to do this?



all i have at the moment is http://sf.greyfyre.info/roed/dynamicsig/index.jpg which is a php script in disguise and a htaccess file making the browser treat it like a jgp for PHPBB reasons

Can you place a query string behind it? Like index.jpg?user=alfonso ?

Also, why does it have to have a .jpg extension? Does PHPBB check file extensions in signatures?

Use mod_rewrite. That allows you to both include the username in the URL and save having to assign .jpg to PHP using .htaccess.

Code:

---

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^dynamicsig/([a-z0-9_\-]{1,})/index\.jpg$ dynamicsig/index.php?user=$1

---

that will transform the following URL:
http://sf.greyfyre.info/roed/dynamicsig/penagate/index.jpg

to this:
http://sf.greyfyre.info/roed/dynamicsig/index.php?user=penagate


Should solve any problems with users and file extensions.

So do i put

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^dynamicsig/([a-z0-9_\-]{1,})/index\.jpg$ dynamicsig/index.php?user=$1

in the HTaccess file? or where else?

and is there anything else i need to do because im new to php and dont know anything (much)

Put that in an .htaccess file in the "roed" directory.

Assuming it works, it will allow you to use the first form of url to access the sig (dynamicsig/abc/index.jpg) and behind the scenes on your server it will be transformed to the second form (dynamicsig/index.php?user=abc). So within your script it will be as if the user requested that URL, when really it's transparently handled by mod_rewrite.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /roed/dynamicsig/penagate/index.jpg on this server.


did i do something wrong?

Interesting,

Make sure the permissions levels on /roed and /roed/dynamicsig are set to 755.

Ill have to ask my friend to do that (im leeching from his server and don't know how to do it) (or i dont have access to it) Cheers, ill get back to you when hes replyed

Cheers guys it works ;)