Mod_rewrite - beginners problems

Hi There,

I've just started playing around with Mod rewrite and can't get it
working no matter how hard i try.

I'm trying to change

www.someoldwebsite.com/pages.php?PageId=3

to: -

www.someoldwebsite.com/pages-3.html

i've tried the following .htaccess file but it's having no effect.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^(.*)/pages-([0-9]*).html$ pages.php?PageId=$3


Could anyone give me a few tips?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Ian

On 1 Aug 2005 04:03:07 -0700, in alt.apache.configuration,
iannorton@gmail.com wrote:

>I'm trying to change
>
>www.someoldwebsite.com/pages.php?PageId=3
>
>to: -
>
>www.someoldwebsite.com/pages-3.html
>
>i've tried the following .htaccess file but it's having no effect.
>
>Options +FollowSymLinks
>RewriteEngine on
>
>RewriteRule ^(.*)/pages-([0-9]*).html$ pages.php?PageId=$3
>

The $3 in the rule should be $2. If the URLs to rewrite are always
<host>/pages..., then I'd drop the (.*) at the beginning. You might
want to change the ([0-9]*) to ([0-9]+) instead, requiring at least
one digit.

HTH,
Jim

Hi,

Thanks for the response.

I've tried the changes you reccomended so my .htaccess file now looks
like this: -

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^(.)/pages-([0-9]+).html$ pages.php?PageId=$2

However it's still not working.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Ian

<iannorton@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>>The $3 in the rule should be $2. If the URLs to rewrite are always
>><host>/pages..., then I'd drop the (.*) at the beginning. You might
>>want to change the ([0-9]*) to ([0-9]+) instead, requiring at least
>>one digit.
>
> I've tried the changes you reccomended so my .htaccess file now
> looks like this: -
>
> Options +FollowSymLinks
> RewriteEngine on
>
> RewriteRule ^(.)/pages-([0-9]+).html$ pages.php?PageId=$2
You only dropped the *..
.... now (.) the rule will match *exactly* one character.
Try:
RewriteRule ^pages-([0-9]+).html$ pages.php?PageId=$1

HansH

Jim Hayter wrote:

> On 1 Aug 2005 04:03:07 -0700, in alt.apache.configuration,
> iannorton@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>I'm trying to change
>>
>>www.someoldwebsite.com/pages.php?PageId=3
>>
>>to: -
>>
>>www.someoldwebsite.com/pages-3.html
>>
>>i've tried the following .htaccess file but it's having no effect.
>>
>>Options +FollowSymLinks
>>RewriteEngine on
>>
>>RewriteRule ^(.*)/pages-([0-9]*).html$ pages.php?PageId=$3
>>
>
>
> The $3 in the rule should be $2. If the URLs to rewrite are always
> <host>/pages..., then I'd drop the (.*) at the beginning. You might
> want to change the ([0-9]*) to ([0-9]+) instead, requiring at least
> one digit.

and escape the other dot:

RewriteRule ^pages-([0-9]+)\.html$ pages.php?PageId=$1

Thanks for the reply, again it's still not kicking into action.

Is there anything obvious i may have missed?

Ian

<iannorton@gmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> Thanks for the reply, again it's still not kicking into action.
>
> Is there anything obvious i may have missed?
The obvious _I_ am missing here are ...
- to what phraze of whose post are you refering
- what _does_ happen
- what is in the error_log
- what is in the rewrite_log

HansH

Hi,

I'm currently using the following text in the .htaccess file: -

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^pages-([0-9]+)\.html$ pages.php?PageId=$1

It doesn't seem to be having any effect at all when the page loads,
i've just requested the rewrite and error logs from the hosting
company, will post them as soon as they reply.

Thanks

Ian

I've just got it working!

Thanks ever so much for everyone's help.

Ian

What was the sollotion?

Holger