Mod rewrite rules ignored

[jstamant]

I'm trying to add some lines to my .htaccess to implement friendlier URLs, but rules I add on top of the provided .htaccess have no effect.

I'm sure my rules are correct, because I can observe the rewrite with the $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] php variable.

I browsed the source code and here is what I noticed: the file that pico loads is derived entirely from $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] (found on these lines), and I'm sure that using this variable instead of $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] is what is ignoring my rewrite rules.

I love how pico is small and barebones/concise, and I really want it to stay that way. Is it within pico's scope to support mod_rewrite? As I understand, the $_SERVER['REDIRECT_URL'] variable is an apache-specific variable, so that's another thing to consider: is pico meant to be portable across all web-servers? Or just on apache? If it's designed for portability, I guess I'll need to write a plugin to do this.

[PhrozenByte]

The routing system will be completely overhauled with our upcoming Pico 1.0 release, see #252. Feedback is appreciated!

[jstamant]

Thanks. Reading #252 gave me a better idea what pico has in mind for portability across different web servers. Only makes sense to use query strings.