Explain htaccess rewrite condition

Question

in current project I have following rewrite option. On production server everythnig works fine, but on local allways get 404. I think, that problem could be in this rewrite condition. Can someone explain how this works?

RewriteCond ${rewrite:%{REQUEST_URI}|notfound} !=notfound
RewriteRule (.*) ${rewrite:%{REQUEST_URI}} [R=301,L,QSA]

and then...

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/([^\/|\.]+)/([^\/|\.]+/)*([^\/|\.]+)/?$
RewriteCond ${multishop:%1|notfound} !=notfound
RewriteCond ${kategorie:%3|notfound} !=notfound
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?${multishop:%1}&cat=${kategorie:%3} [L,QSA]

Can Apache configuration affect this?

Answer 1

This syntax of conditions suggests that most likely you have RewriteMap defined in the Apache config of production server.