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.htaccessmod-rewriteurl-rewriting
HddnTHA
HddnTHA

Reputation: 1059

.htaccess and rewrite rule 404 not found

I'm new on .htaccess and rewrite rules. So if my question is not relevant, please forgive me.

I have below htaccess code.

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]

If i visit url like www.example.com/category/0 it works. But if i strip page url and last slash www.exapmle.com/category i see an ugly 404 page.

What is wrong with my htaccess directive?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: Compeletely .htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

## If the request is for a valid directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d [OR]
## If the request is for a valid file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
## If the request is for a valid link
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l
## don't do anything
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteRule ^haber/([^/]+)-([^/]+)/?$ article.php?link=$1&i=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1&page=$2 [L,QSA]

Upvotes: 1

Views: 116

Answers (1)

Justin Iurman
Justin Iurman

Reputation: 19026

This is a correct behaviour.
Actually, in a regular expression, a + means at least one.

When you use ([^/]+) it means at least one character which is not a slash.
Your rule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ means at least one character which is not a slash / at least one character which is not a slash optional slash.

That's why it does not work with only the first part url. If you also want to handle example.com/category you'll need another rule: 

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ article-list.php?link=$1&page=$2 [L]

Upvotes: 1

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