advanced .htaccess -dynamic folders?

[dj-kenpo]

I think I shot myself in the foot.

 

I have a photo album, and I'm using the follwoing htaccess code

RewriteRule ^photos/(.*)/(.*) /photos.php?album=$1&pic=$2

 

works fine, here's the PROBLEM, some album titles are in folders, some are not...

 

 

if I change it to RewriteRule ^photos/(.*)/(.*)/(.*) /photos.php?folder=$1&album=$2&pic=$3

 

though, then if there is no folder, it'll screw up and send the title name to folder and pic number to title...

 

is there any fix for this ?

 

 

can anyone think of anything? other people had to have faced this...