[SOLVED] url rewrite

[jaymc]

I have this code in a htacess file

 

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?user=$1 [L]

 

this allows this access method www.site.com/username to access www.site.com/index.php?user=username

 

Working well, but, usernames that have a full stop in it are causing problems

 

Is there a way around this?

[marcus]

Full stop meaning what?

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*?)$ /index.php?user=$1 [L]

[jaymc]

www.site.com/username . 2007

 

So there actually username is

 

username . 2007

 

The url rewrite doesnt like the dot, takes me to page cannot be displayed

[marcus]

Try something like:

 

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ /index.php?user=$1 [L]

 

site.tld/user/

[jaymc]

Page cannot be displayed

 

http://site.com/L.F.C.%201

 

or

 

http://site.com/L.F.C. 1

 

Infact, using that doesnt work for any usernames, even single word ones..?

 

[jaymc]

Ok, I've done a little bit of investigating and it definately does not like the full stop

 

From what I gather, it confuses it with the actual file name period (.php)

 

I know many other websites are successful with this, so there must be a way around

 

Hope someone can help, I dont even know what to google for!