php .htaccess issue !

[d.shankar]

hi freaks !

 

i am working with url rewriting

 

http://www.test.com/new.php?id=www.google.com

 

to http://www.test.com/www.google.com

 

My .htaccess file

 

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ new.php?id=$1 [L]

 

 

new.php

 

<?php

echo $_GET['id'];

?>

 

 

This works great for id parameter for all ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS

eg, id=1 , id=abc , id=1abc etc..

 

but it doesnt work if i pass id=www.google.com

 

here . (period) is creating the issue. how can i fix this ?

 

does this have anything with the regex ?