Search with error 404

[iBram007]

Hello,

In a htaccess file, you can define the page where the server has to go to when someone reaches a page or directory that doesn't exist. That's no problem, but I want to pass the name of the directory or file to a file like this: search.php?query=<name_of_dir/file>

Is that possible?

[johnn]

Try

$pass_str = "name_of_dir/file";
$encoded = urlencode($pass_str);
echo "<a href=\"search.php?query=$encoded\">zbc</a>"; 

[iBram007]

Yeah, but how do I pass the name of the error dir/file from htaccess to a php file?

[redux]

provided you're not using the same error page for multiple virtual hosts, i think the $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] variable should hold the address of the file/directory that doesn't exist/created the 404 error. just tell apache to go to your error-handling script for a 404, and in said script use the variable above...

you mileage may vary...i haven't tested this