mod_rewrite for "converted" URLs?

[Frank Hagan]

Is this possible?

I have a forum I converted from phpBB to SMF, and among the 45,000+ posts, there are numerous links to other posts in the forum. I have the new SMF forums in a different directory, and the conversion used the same "topic number" for all the existing posts. So I'm wondering if mod_rewrite (which I know next to nothing about) can convert this:

/forum/viewtopic?t=5186

to:

/forums/index.php?topic=5186.0


I think it can probably convert the static characters ... "forum/viewtopic?t=" to "forums/index.php?topic=", for instance, but I have no idea if it can append the ".0" (I did try, and saw that the ".0" is not absolutely necessary to find the right topic).

Any ideas?

[Pedja]

SOme tiem ago I had same problem and I solved it, but not with rewrite UTL. I used simpler method. I created php files mathing those from phpbb and write them in a manner that they redirect to SMF. It is easier to set. Just copy files to root of SMF forum.

Here is an explnation on SMF support forum: http://www.simplemachines.org/commun...topic=120863.0

[Frank Hagan]

That's a great, elegant solution, Pedja! It covers so much more than just the links in the posts. Thanks!

How have you like SMF so far?

[Pedja]

Mostly yes. It is far better solution than phpBB but it has its own quirks too