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apache.htaccessmod-rewriteurl-rewriting
user4871494
user4871494

Reputation: 13

Unexpected behaviour of rewriterules in htaccess

This is my htaccess file 

RewriteEngine on 
rewriterule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+) /vixer.php?v=$1 [QSA]

the main problem is that when I enter www.example.com/vix_25 it goes to 404

and when I enter another url /vix25 it works.. I really dont understand what is the diffrence and why 1st doesnt work.

Can you guys help me? thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 23

Answers (2)

Panama Jack
Panama Jack

Reputation: 24448

I would make it a bit more robust for your rule. Tell apache that if it's not a real file and not a real directory then rewrite it. This prevents 404's too. I also changed the regex so that it will match better instead of individually adding matches. Also I would make sure MultiViews are off.

Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
rewriterule ^([^/]+)/?$ /vixer.php?v=$1 [QSA,L]

Upvotes: 1

Amit Verma
Amit Verma

Reputation: 41219

You need to add an underscore to the pattern so that it can match a "_" in the Requested URI 

 ([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)

Try this : 

 RewriteEngine on 
 rewriterule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)$ /vixer.php?v=$1 [QSA,L]

Upvotes: 2

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