Mod Rewrite only partially working

Gareth · 12-23-2008, 02:17 AM

Hello,

I need some help!

I've managed to get part of the mod rewrite working, it works with only one variable, but in fact i need 2!

This is what i have so far:

Code:

RewriteEngine on


RewriteRule ^watch/([^/\.]+)/?$ video.php?season=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^watch/([^/\.]+)/([^/\.]+)/?$ /video.php?season=$1&episode=$2 [L]

I basically want URL/watch/seriesNumber/episodeNumber to become available to video.php with variables $_GET['season'] and $_GET['episode'].

It works if you only put the series in to the url, but says that the object isnt found if i put the episode number in..

Any help?

Ta Gareth

Gareth · 12-23-2008, 02:32 AM

Got it working, it needed the /\ to be deleted... how weird!mail

Gareth · 12-23-2008, 02:38 AM

Nope that wasnt a fix!

ETbyrne · 12-23-2008, 03:00 AM

I'm not 100% sure but try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^watch/([0-9]+)$ video.php?season=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^watch/([0-9]+)\/([0-9]+)$ video.php?season=$1&episode=$2 [L]

Gareth · 12-23-2008, 12:01 PM

Wouldnt that just look for numbers? actually i didnt explain myself very well, the season number contains a letter, like: season-1...

ETbyrne · 12-23-2008, 03:49 PM

Try this:

Code:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^watch/([^/]*)$ video.php?season=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^watch/([^/]*)\/([^/]*)$ video.php?season=$1&episode=$2 [L]

xenon · 12-24-2008, 06:08 PM

The problem is not with the regex specifically, but with the lines order. #2 should be first, and #1 should be second. Assume you want to test this string: watch/seriesNumber/episodeNumber. Rule #1 is hit, because watch/ is present in the beginning of the string, and that's about all that rule assumes. Being the [L](ast rule to process), once the condition is met, the .htaccess file is never processed. Now, your rules are also broken.

Code:

[^/\.]

That pattern will match "everything that is not a character nor a forward slash". That sounds pretty ambigous, don't you think? You'd better go for:

Code:

^watch\/([^\/]+)\/([^\/]+)\/?$

-- #2
, respectively:

Code:

^watch\/([^\/]+)\/?$

-- #1