.htaccess rewrite rule causing javascript error?

Question

I have a strange problem, where if I write a rule to match any character (.*), firebug throws up a javascript syntax error.

The rule I have is:

RewriteRule ^news/story/(.*)? index.php?page=viewNews&story=$1 [L,NC]

The error that appears is:

syntax error
[Break On This Error] <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHT.../xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

If I change the rule to be:

RewriteRule ^news/story/(\d+)? index.php?page=viewNews&story=$1 [L,NC]

It works fine, but only for numbers obviously. I want it to work for text as well, hence the wildcard.

If I go to the index.php?page=viewNews&story=test+story page directly, it works fine.

Look in the firebug if html page returned for one of the linked script files on the page. — Andrey M.
– Andrey M., Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 17:09
Firebug refers to a linked script, yes. Taking that script out then brings the same error up for the next linked script, and so on. If I take all javascript files out, it works. But, I do not believe the javascript is at fault here, as there are no errors if I go direct to the url as I described above. — psx
– psx, Commented Jan 31, 2011 at 18:39

HorusKol · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-01 03:33:42Z

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I suspect that your javascripts are also contained in the path /news/story/* and that these requests are being rewritten.

You can fix this by setting a rewrite condition that will only rewrite if a file (or directory) doesn't exist:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^news/story/(.*)? index.php?page=viewNews&story=$1 [L,NC]

answered Feb 1, 2011 at 3:33

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psx Over a year ago

The javascript files are stored in /scripts. I gave your conditions a go, but still the same thing unfortunately.

psx Over a year ago

Got it fixed. You weren't far off! The rule was correct, but my header file had a relative link to the scripts folder, which of course was being affected by the rewrite rule.

HorusKol Over a year ago

you probably still want to keep the rewrite conditions as above, though - unless you want to rewrite away from physical files.

ceed · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-10 18:20:17Z

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Another posibility would be

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !rewrite=no [NC]

add this to your Conditions

and add a parameter to the files you dont want to have redirected

<script type="text/javascript" src="ajax.js?rewrite=no"></script>

answered Sep 10, 2013 at 18:20

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