mod_rewrite issues

[Wright]

Using Apache 2.2. If I write the rule:

 

RewriteRule ^register/?$ user_register.php

 

It works just fine, but if I write:

 

RewriteRule ^register/?$ register.php

 

It just says the page doesn't exist. Why I can't put same name? :S

 

Another example:

 

RewriteRule ^validate/(\w+)/?$ email_validate.php?key=$1 works

but:

RewriteRule ^validate/(\w+)/?$ validate.php?key=$1

doesn't work, and I don't have a clue why.

 

Any help would be appreciated!

 

EDIT: Jesus, I just noticed there's a childboard only for THIS! Can a mod please move it? Sorry!

[cags]

I'm not sure I understand your question here.

 

^register/?$ user_register.php

 

...will redirect requests to the server for http://www.yourdomain.com/register/ (with or without the trailing slash) to http://www.yourdomain.com/user_register.php. Whereas...

 

RewriteRule ^register/?$ register.php

 

...will redirect requests to the server for http://www.yourdomain.com/register/ (with or without the trailing slash) to http://www.yourdomain.com/register.php. Providing the respective file exists there should be no issues.

[Wright]

I'm not sure I understand your question here.

 

^register/?$ user_register.php

 

...will redirect requests to the server for http://www.yourdomain.com/register/ (with or without the trailing slash) to http://www.yourdomain.com/user_register.php. Whereas...

 

RewriteRule ^register/?$ register.php

 

...will redirect requests to the server for http://www.yourdomain.com/register/ (with or without the trailing slash) to http://www.yourdomain.com/register.php. Providing the respective file exists there should be no issues.

 

Yes, the first code works, but second one doesn't. Any reasons why? I'm writting these rules through .htaccess. It just says page is not found.

[cags]

The only reason it should give you a 404 error would be if you have the second example and do not have a register.php file in your registry.