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

[David Miles]

Hey Otto,
Thank you very much!  I'll update the document to reflect that.  Like I
mentioned before, it's odd how obscure information on adding .htaccess
content indirectly is and that's why I took a few hours to write that.

I really appreciate your help and everything else you've contributed to the
WordPress community.  I've come across at least a handful of your tutorials
that have been priceless in helping me learn how to develop themes and
plugins *correctly* for WordPress.  That takes a lot of time to do that and
I appreciate it.


On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> BTW, you did get very close to this there at the end. What you missed
> was that the add_rewrite_rule function (not the class function, but
> the normal one), makes the resulting call to add_rule in the class.
> This then does the index.php based determination, and adds the rule to
> the $non_wp_rules there.
>
> No need for an action on generate_rewrite_rules. That's the hard way
> to do it. Put your action on init, then just call the add_rewrite_rule
> function normally.
>
> -Otto
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> > 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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