mod_rewrite & ampersand

hello,

I need something like that:

example.com/a&b/ -> example.com/index.php?x=a%26b

or

example.com/a%26b/ -> example.com/index.php?x=a%26b

but when I use this rule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?x=$1 [L]

I get:

example.com/index.php?x=a&b

there is wrong value of x.

I searched in history and googled but couldn`t find solution.

I think that it must be possible. Anyone now how to do that???

Thanks for any help

"febus" <febus@o2.pl> schreef in bericht news:dd7cnr$8fl$1@opal.icpnet.pl...
> I need something like that:
> example.com/a&b/ -> example.com/index.php?x=a%26b
> or
> example.com/a%26b/ -> example.com/index.php?x=a%26b
> but when I use this rule:
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?x=$1 [L]
>
> I get:
> example.com/index.php?x=a&b
> there is wrong value of x.
>
> I searched in history and googled but couldn`t find solution.
> I think that it must be possible. Anyone now how to do that???
IIRC the value of the query string parameter needs to be
url-encoded. Try -aka test;-)-:
RewrtieMap escape int:escape
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?x=%{escape:$1} [L]

HansH