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BenM
BenM

Reputation: 53198

mod_rewrite on parent and subfolder

I ran into some strange behaviour using mod_rewrite under Apache. Here's how the current RewriteRules look:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/collections/(.*)/(.*)/?$ bootstrap.php?controller=category&user=$1&collection=$2&category=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/collections/(.*)/?$ bootstrap.php?controller=collection&user=$1&collection=$2 [L]

My expectations of the above rules is that accessing a URL such as domain.com/BenM/collections/0/1/ should take me to the category controller, while domain.com/BenM/collections/0/ should take me to the collection controller.

At the moment, both URL structures rewrite to bootstrap.php?controller=category....

My understanding was that if the [L] flag is specified, Apache looks no further and performs the rewrite.

Could anyone point in the right direction here, as I just cannot beat this... What should the rewrites look like to achieve the functionality I explained above?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 25

Answers (1)

Denis de Bernardy
Denis de Bernardy

Reputation: 78413

You're dealing with greediness-related issues. Also, you probably want a length of at least one, and you almost certainly don't want slashes in your params.

Potential solution:

^([^/]+)/collections/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$
^([^/]+)/collections/([^/]+)/?$

Upvotes: 1

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