[SOLVED] need help with correct syntax

[Alt_F4]

hi all,

 

i am new to mod_rewrites and need a bit of help getting the syntax right for what i am trying to do.

 

I have urls that look like so:

 

http://localhost/foo/bar/blah

http://localhost/foo/bar/bla

 

and would like to have them send something like this to the server so i can parse it and dynamically display the correct page:

 

http://localhost/foo/bar/index.php?page=blah

http://localhost/foo/bar/index.php?page=bla

 

i have this in my htaccess file:

 

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /foo/bar/index.php?page=$1

 

but i get a 500 error and have no idea where i am going wrong.

 

any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[corbin]

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /foo/bar/index.php?page=$1

 

 

/foo/bar.... technically matches ^(.*)$

 

 

The easiest way to work around that is to just check if the file exists:

 

 

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewritRule ...

[Alt_F4]

corbin, thanks so much! working like a charm now 

[corbin]

No problem .