Knowing How The SEFURL in Tiki Works

You have known Tiki SEFURL already in the previous tips. Tiki stores the SEFURL records internally in the table named tiki_sefurl_regex_out of Tiki database. On the other side, externally, Tiki has created file named _htaccess, which works in the APACHE environment (Server side. To get this _htaccess works, rename it to .htaccess.) To get the SEFURL works, both file .htaccess and table tiki_sefurl_regex_out must be matched together.

The table below shows the relation between file .htaccess and table tiki_sefurl_regex_out.

Table: tiki_sefurl_regex_out			file: .htaccess
id	left	right
1	tiki-index.php\?page=(.+)	$1	RewriteRule ^(.+)$    tiki-index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L]
2	tiki-slideshow.php\?page=(.+)	show:$1	RewriteRule ^show:(~?)(.+)$   tiki-slideshow.php?page=$1$2 [QSA,L]
3	tiki-read_article.php\?articleId=(\d+)	article$1	RewriteRule ^article([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-read_article.php?articleId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
4	tiki-browse_categories.php\?parentId=(\d+)	cat$1	RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-browse_categories.php?parentId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
5	tiki-view_blog.php\?blogId=(\d+)	blog$1	RewriteRule ^blog([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_blog.php?blogId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
6	tiki-view_blog_post.php\?postId=(\d+)	blogpost$1	RewriteRule ^blogpost([0-9]+)(.*)    tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
7	tiki-browse_image.php\?imageId=(\d+)	browseimage$1	RewriteRule ^browseimage([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
8	tiki-directory_browse.php\?parent=(\d+)	directory$1	RewriteRule ^directory([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-directory_browse.php?parent=$1$2 [QSA,L]
9	tiki-view_faq.php\?faqId=(\d+)	faq$1	RewriteRule ^faq([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
10	tiki-download_file.php\?fileId=(\d+)	dl$1	RewriteRule ^dl([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-download_file.php?fileId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
11	tiki-download_file.php\?fileId=(\d+)&thumbnail	thumbnail$1	RewriteRule ^thumbnail([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-download_file.php?fileId=$1&thumbnail$2 [QSA,L]
12	tiki-download_file.php\?fileId=(\d+)&display	display$1	RewriteRule ^display([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-download_file.php?fileId=$1&display$2 [QSA,L]
13	tiki-download_file.php\?fileId=(\d+)&preview	preview$1	RewriteRule ^preview([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-download_file.php?fileId=$1&preview$2 [QSA,L]
14	tiki-view_forum.php\?forumId=(\d+)	forum$1	RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_forum.php?forumId=$1$2  [QSA,L]
15	tiki-browse_gallery.php\?galleryId=(\d+)	gallery$1	RewriteRule ^gallery([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
16	show_image.php\?id=(\d+)	image$1	RewriteRule ^image([0-9]+)(.*) show_image.php?id=$1$2 [QSA,L]
17	show_image.php\?id=(\d+)&scalesize=(\d+)	imagescale$1/$2	RewriteRule ^imagescale([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)(.*) show_image.php?id=$1&scalesize=$2$3  [QSA,L]
18	tiki-newsletters.php\?nlId=(\d+)	newsletter$1	RewriteRule ^newsletter([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-newsletters.php?nlId=$1$2&info=1 [QSA,L]
19	tiki-take_quiz.php\?quizId=(\d+)	quiz$1	RewriteRule ^quiz([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-take_quiz.php?quizId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
20	tiki-take_survey.php\?surveyId=(\d+)	survey$1	RewriteRule ^survey([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-take_survey.php?surveyId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
21	tiki-view_tracker.php\?trackerId=(\d+)	tracker$1	RewriteRule ^tracker([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_tracker.php?trackerId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
22	tiki-integrator.php\?repID=(\d+)	int$1	RewriteRule ^int([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-integrator.php?repID=$1$2 [QSA,L]
23	tiki-view_sheets.php\?sheetId=(\d+)	sheet$1	RewriteRule ^sheet([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_sheets.php?sheetId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
24	tiki-directory_redirect.php\?siteId=(\d+)	dirlink$1	RewriteRule ^dirlink([0-9]+)   tiki-directory_redirect.php?siteId=$1 [QSA,L]
32	tiki-calendar.php	calendar	RewriteRule ^calendar$   tiki-calendar.php  [L]
33	tiki-view_articles.php	articles	RewriteRule ^articles$   tiki-view_articles.php [L]
34	tiki-list_blogs.php	blogs	RewriteRule ^blogs$   tiki-list_blogs.php [L]
35	tiki-browse_categories.php	categories	RewriteRule ^categories$   tiki-browse_categories.php [L]
36	tiki-contact.php	contact	RewriteRule ^contact$    tiki-contact.php [L]
37	tiki-directory_browse.php	directories	RewriteRule ^directories$   tiki-directory_browse.php [L]
38	tiki-list_faqs.php	faqs	RewriteRule ^faqs$    tiki-list_faqs.php [L]
39	tiki-file_galleries.php	files	RewriteRule ^filelist$   tiki-list_file_gallery.php [L]
40	tiki-forums.php	forums	RewriteRule ^forums$   tiki-forums.php [L]
41	tiki-galleries.php	galleries	RewriteRule ^galleries$   tiki-galleries.php [L]
42	tiki-login_scr.php	login	RewriteRule ^login$   tiki-login_scr.php [L]
43	tiki-my_tiki.php	my	RewriteRule ^my$   tiki-my_  tiki.php [L]
44	tiki-newsletters.php	newsletters	RewriteRule ^newsletters$   tiki-newsletters.php [L]
45	tiki-list_quizzes.php	quizzes	RewriteRule ^quizzes$    tiki-list_quizzes.php [L]
46	tiki-stats.php	stats	RewriteRule ^stats$   tiki-stats.php [L]
47	tiki-list_surveys.php	surveys	RewriteRule ^surveys$    tiki-list_surveys.php [L]
48	tiki-list_trackers.php	trackers	RewriteRule ^trackers$   tiki-list_trackers.php [L]
49	tiki-mobile.php	mobile	RewriteRule ^mobile$   tiki-mobile.php [L]
50	tiki-sheets.php	sheets	RewriteRule ^sheets$   tiki-sheets.php [L]
52	tiki-view_tracker_item.php\?itemId=(\d+)	item$1	RewriteRule ^item([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-view_tracker_item.php?itemId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
53	tiki-list_file_gallery.php\?galleryId=(\d+)	file$1	RewriteRule ^file([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=$1$2 [QSA,L]
54	tiki-user_information.php\?userId=(\d+)	user$1	RewriteRule ^user([0-9]+)(.*)   tiki-user_information.php?userId=$1$2 [QSA,L]

The column right is the friendly URL name while the column left is the PHP file name where the friendly URL should be executed in the table tiki_sefurl_regex_out. The file .htaccess rewrites the PHP file name with rule that must be preceded by an " ^ " sign as the friendly URL.

For example, id #49, tiki-mobile.php has the same friendly URL, i.e. mobile. Thus, typing http://www.example.com/mobile will redirect URL to http://www.example.com/tiki-mobile.php. Both http://www.example.com/mobile and http://www.example.com/tiki-mobile.php are identical. The difference is that http://www.example.com/mobile is easier to be identified by Search Engine rather than http://www.example.com/tiki-mobile.php. That is why it is called SEFURL, Search Engine Friendly URL, because it simplifies the complex URL.

Both file .htaccess and table tiki_sefurl_regex_out are connected using program file /tiki-sefurl.php and /lib/smarty_tiki/modifier.sefurl.php. So, if you want to add or update the SEFURL items, make sure that they are also programmed in those files. To see the examples, please read Tip 2: Modifying Tiki SEFURL for Page of Print Article and Tip 3: Modifying Tiki SEFURL for Page of Edit Submission or Submit an Article.