如何让我的wordpress插件向.htaccess添加重写规则？

Question

I have been working with WP for years but this is my first time working on a plugin that needs new rewrite rules.

I have a single rule I need to add to the .htaccess file

RewriteRule ^loan-application/step([0-9])|(stepsuccess)/?$ index.php?pagename=loan-application&step=$1 [NC,L]

How do I make the plugin add this to the file?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

To open and add that:

$file = fopen(".htacces",a+);
fwrite( $file, "RewriteRule ^loan-application/step([0-9])|(stepsuccess)/?$ index.php?pagename=loan-application&step=$1 [NC,L]");

Only take care where is the file having this function, and where is .htaccess.

fopen - http://php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php fwrite - http://php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php

Answer 2

I don't believe you should be modifying .htaccess directly. There's a WordPress class to manage rewrite rules which has the ability to overwrite all or part of the WordPress .htaccess (likely overwriting any changes you have made):

http://codex.wordpress.org/Rewrite_API

Indeed, I believe you should actually be using this class to achieve your goal. Unfortunately, I stumbled on this question while researching these rules for the first time so I'm not (yet) able to provide any further detail. The best guide I've found (so far) is:

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/wordpress-url-rewrite/