Adding an additional option/Exception to working rewrite

[scs]

So my problem is probably simple I just don't understand htaccess very well.

 

Here's the original working rewrite

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /manga/

RewriteRule ^mangas/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^mangas/([^/]+)/$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^mangas(/?)$ - [F,L]

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2&page=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1 [L]

Note the "mangas" folder is where the chapters are (Root/manga/mangas/Naruto/)

 

resulting in:

http://www.mysite.com/manga/

http://www.mysite.com/manga/Naruto

http://www.mysite.com/manga/Naruto/001/

http://www.mysite.com/manga/Naruto/001/2  (page 2)

 

now what I have run into is some chapters have 001.5

http://www.mysite.com/manga/Naruto/001.5/

That gives me a 404 on my server. I want to either change the whole rewrite or add the option for this variant.

 

I already tried this below. and it does not work.

Original  RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2&page=$3 [L]

Mine      RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/([0-9]+).([0-9])(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2&page=$3 [L]

taking note to this .............................................^^^^  I also tried that with the plus  ([0-9]+) and still did not work

and I did not replace the original line. I added my line right below.

 

Now for the ([0-9]+) part. I might have some mangas (later on) that might have 001.a. Would it b possible to just change ([0-9]+) to ([^/.]+)

then that way I could just skip the whole "adding .5 .a" and just grab all the of chars between the / /

or would that cause the whole rewrite to fall apart?

I figured I would ask that before I try it.

 

Hope that all made sense. getting tired after working on the site all day >.<

would be thankful for any advice on the subject

Thanks!

[scs]

cant edit my post..

for the part where I want to "change ([0-9]+) to ([^/.]+)"

I mean like this:

Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteBase /manga/

RewriteRule ^mangas/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^mangas/([^/]+)/$ - [F,L]
RewriteRule ^mangas(/?)$ - [F,L]

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2&page=$3 [L]            <<< note the change on this line from the original
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1&chapter=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)(/?)$ index.php?manga=$1 [L]

[scs]

So I went ahead and tested the code in my second post. Everything works the same but when ever I try to access a link like:

http://www.mysite.com/manga/Naruto/001.5/

I still get a 404

 

any advice to point me in the direction so I can figure this out would be extremely helpful!

The trouble it would cause to "simply" rename the folders so I don't have .5 would take weeks..