.htaccess: Problem with URL rewriting

Question

I'm new to url rewriting and having a problem i can't figure out.

I got this 2 conditions:

RewriteRule ([^/]+).php index.php?com=cat&catname=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ([^/]+)/([^/]+).php index.php?com=detail&catname=$1prodname=$2 [L]

and need 2 urls like this:

website.com/category-name.php
website.com/category-name/product-name.php

It seems that the first condition rules upon the second... i mean: if i call the first url everything works fine, but when i call the second url i can't get variables as i want ("com" is always "cat" and "catname" get the value of $2)

Thanks in advance!

AndiDog · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-12 19:48:41Z

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URLs that match the second rule will also match the first rule. As the first rule is marked "L", the second rule will never be applied.

Maybe you should match absolute URLs - begin the regex with ^/ to match the beginning of a URL, and end it with $ to match the end of the URL. Remember that rewrite rules are applied to the URL path (everything that follows website.com, including the slash).

For example (didn't test this of course):

# Example: website.com/books.php -> website.com/index.php?com=cat&catname=books
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+).php$ /index.php?com=cat&catname=$1 [L]
# Example: website.com/books/java.php -> website.com/index.php?com=detail&catname=books&prodname=java
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/([^/]+).php$ /index.php?com=detail&catname=$1prodname=$2 [L]

edited Jul 12, 2010 at 19:48

answered Jul 12, 2010 at 18:15

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2 Comments

Luciano Over a year ago

Thanx AndiDog! I've removed the "L" mark and it seems to work (except for "catname" value, it returns only "prodname"). Besides can't understand how should be the regex to match the absolute urls...

AndiDog Over a year ago

@Luciano: I added an example to show the use of absolute URLs. This way, the rules are unambiguous. Either the first or the second will be chosen (or none).

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