mod_rewrite help

[goocharlton]

I have a website that I am trying to get URL rewriting working on it. This scenario is as follows:

 

The URL in the browser shows .../page/1 and is interpreted by mod_rewrite as .../handler.php?page=1 with the following .htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule page/([0-9]+)$ /handler.php?$page=$1

 

I try using the PHP GET function to call the page number. I tried using the following code but it just returned blank:

<?php
$page = $_GET['page'];
echo $page;
?>

 

What am i doing wrong?

[JasonLewis]

Why do you have a $ in front of "page". Take that away and see if that fixes anything.

 

/handler.php?$page=$1