[SOLVED] Mod Rewrite

[jaymc]

I use a lot of Mod ReWrite to produce nice URL's, see the example below

 

RewriteRule  ^hub/(.+)/(.+)/(.+)?$ ?open=hub&page=$1&catID=$2 [L]

 

However, I want users to be taken to ?open=hub&page=&catID= if anything after hub/ is not defined

 

Here is the full url

 

www.site.com/hub/view_topics/123/topic.html # This works with the above mod rewrite

www.site.com/hub # This does not work, it just loads a 404

 

 

When going to  www.site.com/hub I would rather it produce this ?open=hub&page=&catID=

 

How can this be done?

[wildteen88]

Yes use a new rewrite rule for your condition:

RewriteRule   ^hub$ ?open=hub [L]

 

Also I do not suggested the use of (.+) as it is greedy. If all you want to do is match numbers then use ([0-9]+) for letters use ([a-zA-z]+) etc.

[jaymc]

Yeh I thought I would have to do that

 

Also, you say greedy? Will this have any negative in pact if I use (.+) for everything?