Tons of mod_rewrite rules.. going to kick my servers ass?

b1ng0 · 2005-04-25, 03:18 PM

Hi all, I have a site in the works that uses a dynamic script but plan on using mod_rewrite to make the site appear to be static and was wondering basically if it is going to be resource intensive or if there's a better way to go. Basically I'm going to be doing something like:

Code:

RewriteRule ^/models/tiffanyteen.html$ /page.php?id=1

... only with 2-4 thousand similar lines. Is this going to kick Apache's ass?

Thanks,
b1ng0

swedguy · 2005-04-25, 03:31 PM

2-4 thousand lines is a lot, someone mentioned how much load it will add in the Fusker thread. But I don't remember it right now. But the gist of it was, keep it to a minimum. Here's another way to do it if it's possible:

RewriteRule ^/models/([a-zA-Z]+).html$ /page.php?id=$1

I assume you're pulling the id from a DB of some sort. Make the name unique and pull it from the DB that way instead: /page.php?id=tiffanyteen

1 line and that's it. Just a 10 second idea of mine

2005-04-25, 03:18 PM	#1
b1ng0 I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for TEN MINUTES Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 85	Tons of mod_rewrite rules.. going to kick my servers ass? Hi all, I have a site in the works that uses a dynamic script but plan on using mod_rewrite to make the site appear to be static and was wondering basically if it is going to be resource intensive or if there's a better way to go. Basically I'm going to be doing something like: Code: RewriteRule ^/models/tiffanyteen.html$ /page.php?id=1 ... only with 2-4 thousand similar lines. Is this going to kick Apache's ass? Thanks, b1ng0

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2005-04-25, 03:31 PM	#2
swedguy Vagabond Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,374	2-4 thousand lines is a lot, someone mentioned how much load it will add in the Fusker thread. But I don't remember it right now. But the gist of it was, keep it to a minimum. Here's another way to do it if it's possible: RewriteRule ^/models/([a-zA-Z]+).html$ /page.php?id=$1 I assume you're pulling the id from a DB of some sort. Make the name unique and pull it from the DB that way instead: /page.php?id=tiffanyteen 1 line and that's it. Just a 10 second idea of mine