Issue with htaccess URL rewriting

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I had successfully re-written almost all my urls from the old form to fine url using .htaccess rules. But I have a problem with some of the address formats

e.g example.com/myusername works fine while example.com/my.username throws back a 404 page not found

Note: my.username is a valid username in my database. Please how do I resolve this issue

Update: this is the complete code on the .htaccess file

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

#ErrorDocument 404 example.com

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-z0-9_-]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1

please post the code of your .htaccess (we can't help you until you do ...) — Oussama Jilal
– Oussama Jilal, Commented Aug 5, 2012 at 13:42
@Yazmat I have provided the codes..I had to edit the question. Thanks — Dimgba Kalu
– Dimgba Kalu, Commented Aug 5, 2012 at 14:19

poncha · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-05 14:48:25Z

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Your issue is that you didn't include the dot (.) in the regular expression in this line (since my.username contains a dot) :

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-z0-9_-]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1

Change it to this :

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-z0-9_.-]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1

Note that any character that may be in the username you must add to the regular expression (for now it supports alphanumerics, underscore, dash and dot).

edited Aug 5, 2012 at 14:48

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answered Aug 5, 2012 at 14:36

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Oussama Jilal Over a year ago

Thanks poncha (yeah the dash should always be the last)

Dimgba Kalu Over a year ago

thanks for the answer. At least I have learnt that today. I tried the expression RewriteRule ^([a-zA-z0-9_-.]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1 But it returned 500 Server Not Found Error. I then had to change it this way RewriteRule ^([.a-zA-z0-9_-]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1 and it did work. @Poncha thanks too for the edit

Dimgba Kalu Over a year ago

poncha and @Yazmat please what is the logic or reason for the dash being the last and why did the dot being the last returned the 500 Internal Server Error?

walrii · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-05 15:21:52Z

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You need to not apply both rules if the first rule matches. Add the L flag. Without it, "abc/def.htm" will become "community/profile.php?_username=abc/def.php".
The second rule is missing . as an allowable character.
(probably) You want parameters kept for both rules. Add the QSA flag.

Resulting in

RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-z0-9_.-]+)$ community/profile.php?_username=$1 [L,QSA]

edited Aug 5, 2012 at 15:21

answered Aug 5, 2012 at 15:12

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