Mod ReWrite

[gerkintrigg]

I dunno whether I'm being stupid here, but I have this rewrite rule and I have no idea why it's just not doing anything (at all)

 

RewriteRule ^products/([^/\.]+)?$ http://sary.co.uk/products/reader.php?id=$1.php?id=$1 [L]

 

the error pages work fine, so I think HTACCESS support is live.

[requinix]

1. Do you have a RewriteEngine? Are you allowed .htaccess files?

2. What URL are you trying to match?

3. Your destination address probably isn't right (at least not the one in your post).

[gerkintrigg]

1) I should have a rewrite engine - I do on other sites on the same server, but this site is very new and I have to admit that I never used it before.

2) The URL I'm trying to match is http://www.sary.co.uk/products/2_Product-2.html to http://www.sary.co.uk/products/reader.php?id=2

3) This should now be a working URL - I know I had a small code error in the destination URL, but that shouldn't have effected the mod re-write rule.

[requinix]

1. By "a RewriteEngine" I mean a

RewriteEngine on

in your .htaccess. Without it your RewriteRules won't activate.

 

3. The part in the destination URL (in your first post) I was referring to is

?id=$1.php?id=$1

While technically valid, I didn't think you meant that.

 

Try this:

RewriteRule ^/?products/(\d+)_(.*)\.html$ products/reader.php?id=$1 [L]

[gerkintrigg]

Ah! it works.

To reply directly to your points:

1) Yes.

2) D'oh!

2) Sorted.

 

Thanks very much. )