htaccess redirect

Hi Folks,

What is wrong with this redirect?

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]+)\.html$index.php?page=$1

filename.html ----> index.php?page=filename [ works fine ]
file-name.html ---> [errors]

I have escaped the - but for some reason it still doesnt work?

Also, if I put this in the public_html root - will that affect all
subfolders (which in my config include other websites)? Is there
something I can limit it to say only this folder?

Many thanks

A

UKuser escribió:
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]+)\.html$index.php?page=$1

If I insert a white space between $ and index it works fine for me.

>
> filename.html ----> index.php?page=filename [ works fine ]
> file-name.html ---> [errors]

Read the errors. The often give a clue ;-)

> Also, if I put this in the public_html root - will that affect all
> subfolders (which in my config include other websites)?

Yes. However, since paths with slashes don't match your regexp it should
not be a great deal.



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On Jun 24, 9:41*am, "Álvaro G. Vicario"
<alvaroNOSPAMTHA...@demogracia.com> wrote:
> UKuser escribió:
>
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]+)\.html$index.php?page=$1
>
> If I insert a white space between $ and index it works fine for me.
>
>
>
> > filename.html ----> index.php?page=filename *[ works fine ]
> > file-name.html ---> [errors]
>
> Read the errors. The often give a clue ;-)
>
> > Also, if I put this in the public_html root - will that affect all
> > subfolders (which in my config include other websites)?
>
> Yes. However, since paths with slashes don't match your regexp it should
> not be a great deal.
>
> --
> --http://alvaro.es- Álvaro G. Vicario - Burgos, Spain
> -- Mi sitio sobre programación web:http://bits.demogracia.com
> -- Mi web de humor al baño María:http://www.demogracia.com
> --

Hi Alvaro - I've put it on a new line and tidied it up and its still
not working?

UKuser escribió:
>>> RewriteEngine on
>>> RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]+)\.html$index.php?page=$1
>> If I insert a white space between $ and index it works fine for me.

> Hi Alvaro - I've put it on a new line and tidied it up and its still
> not working?

You can't split directives in several lines. Try what I said:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([0-9a-zA-Z\-\_]+)\.html$ index.php?page=$1


And let me insist: if you get error messages, *read* them! And if you
don't understand them, you could even post them here.


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