Issue with mod_rewrite

Question

this is my htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*) url.php?p=$1 [NC]

Im trying to redirect like this: mysite.com/sometext to mysite.com/url.php?p=sometext

But with that file the browser gives me always an error; Internal Server Error, The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Answer 1

The following should work. The "L" ensures that it will be last rewrite rule, which should prevent the loop.

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ https://mysite.com/url.php?p=$1 [NC,R,L]

This one might work too (will need to try it out)

RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ url.php?p=$1 [NC,L]

Answer 2

Try adding some conditions to keep mod_rewrite from looping internally forever:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/url.php

Or:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

Right before the RewriteRule