[SOLVED] simple rule help

[benyboi]

Ok, i am trying to make mod_rewrite forward requests for images to a php page with the image as a variable.

 

e.g. osij9wu09iqwioj0e.jpg fowards to index.php?image=osij9wu09iqwioj0e.jpg

 

i currently have:

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteRule ^([a-z/0-9/.]+)$ index.php?image=$1 [L]

 

but then because there are not many arguments it forwards to index.php but then to index.php again and gets stuck in a loop...

 

what do i have to change to the rule so that it doesnt work if the page requested is index.php?

 

thanks!

[trq]

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9.]+).jpg$ index.php?image=$1 [L]

[benyboi]

thats for that one!

 

it almost works but can be changed in 2 ways.

a) not all my images are jpg, some gif/png etc

b) with that, the extension of the image isnt copied to the variable. but yes, if they were all jpgs that would be easy to solve but theyr not 

 

thanks for your help!

[trq]

RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)\.(jpg|png|gif)$ index.php?image=$1.$2 [L]

 

Just add more image types in here (jpg|png|gif) sperated by | if needed.

[benyboi]

thank you so much your a legend! i have never thought about needing $2.

 

Thanks!