[wp-docs] Added user page on .htaccess file generation, feedback?

[Otto]

You missed a rather simple trick that not many people know about. This
will add a rule to the .htaccess file when the rules are hard flushed.

add_rewrite_rule('myrule', '/newlocation');

In WordPress, all "internal" rewrite rules must start with "index.php"
for them to work properly. Any rule that doesn't start with index.php
gets shoved out into the .htaccess file as a normal RewriteRule when
the flush happens (basically when you visit the Settings->Permalink
page).

So you can use normal add_rewrite_rule calls to add normal .htaccess
rules as well as the internal kind.

Note: Internal rules use the $matches[1] method for referencing
pattern matchers. This won't work in .htaccess rules, you have to use
the $1 method for those rules.

-Otto



On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 11:33 AM, David Miles <amereservant at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> I recently dove into trying to utilize WordPress's rewrite engine and how to
> add content to the .htaccess file indirectly.
> I discovered the first part wasn't too complicated once I read over a few
> tutorials, but modifying/adding to the .htaccess file was a whole different
> story.
> So I decided to take a few hours and write some (hopefully helpful)
> information to help
> others, http://codex.wordpress.org/User:Amereservant/Editing_and_Customizing_htaccess_Indirectly
> I'm sure there's things I've missed or perhaps some of you have more
> advanced knowledge of the topic and can refine the information to be more
> useful.
> Either way, I'd love to hear feedback on it and what you think.
> Thanks,
>
> David
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