URL Rewrite isn't working

Question

I'm using mod_rewrite to write more user friendly URLS for my site. I copied and modified a working rule for another page, but it doesn't seem to want to work...

Here's the rule

RewriteRule ^list/(.*)/page/([0-9])/$ list.php?date=$1&page=$2

The working rule lookst like this

RewriteRule ^read/(.+)/$ read.php?target=$1

As far as I can see, the new rule should work... If anyone can suggest why it doesn't and possibly provide a fix, I'd greatly appreciate it

Thanks for your time!

Answer 1

Boy do I feel like an idiot now...

I had a look at this again this morning when I got in to work and found that there actually wasn't anything wrong with the rule. I hadn't changed my links...

For anyone referencing this, experiencing similar problems: If you write a RewriteRule like I have above, make sure you change your link href attributes to use the new URL

So, in my case...

RewriteRule ^list/(.*)/page/([0-9]+)/$ list.php?date=$1&page=$2

The links have to change from

<a href="list.php?date=2012April&page=1>April 2012</a>

To

<a href="/list/2012April/page/1/

I forgot to change the links derp

Answer 2

if your page number can have multiple digits, that part of the expression should be ([0-9]+) to require 1 or more digits.