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What's wrong with this mod_rewrite rule?

Answer 1

A:

RewriteRule ^archive/([^/]*) archive.php?action=$1 [QSA,L]

Havenard 2009-08-20 22:11:16

Answer 2

+3 A:

You can get some conflicts when MultiViews is enabled. If it’s enabled, Apache first tries to find a file with a similar name to map the request to before passing it down to mod_rewrite. So a request of /archive/browse/ ends in /archive.php/browse/ before mod_rewrite can map it to your /archive.php?action=browse.

Try to disable it with:

Options -MultiViews

Gumbo 2009-08-20 22:11:37

The inner group is still $1?

Vinko Vrsalovic 2009-08-20 22:12:14

Although if nothing is passed, your scenario makes more sense

Vinko Vrsalovic 2009-08-20 22:15:07

@Vinko Vrsalovic: The option doesn’t change anything concerning mod_rewrite. It just stops Apache from looking for similar named files. Another solution would be to rename the file, if MultiViews is really the cause of this behavior.

Gumbo 2009-08-20 22:17:05

I know, I was asking about (/(.*)), is the inner group still $1?

Vinko Vrsalovic 2009-08-20 22:25:17

@Vinko Vrsalovic: No, that’s `$2`. But he said nothing gets passed, so I don’t think it’s the rule.

Gumbo 2009-08-20 22:34:47

Answer 3

+1 A:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^archive/(.*)$  archive.php?action=$1 [QSA,L]

Would rewrite anything after /archive/ to archive.php?action=test/dir/path

Chacha102 2009-08-20 22:12:18

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