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**manitwo** · 03-04-2010, 03:27 PM

Hi,

this is my test.php

PHP Code:


			
echo $_GET['seite'];

when my .htaccess file looks like this:

PHP Code:


			
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.html$ test.php?seite=$1 [L]

and i type "foobar.html" in the browser it shows me the word foobar.
Ok, that works!

but if i use this .htaccess file:

PHP Code:


			
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php$ test.php?seite=$1 [L]

and type "foobar.php" it gives me "test" instead of "foobar".
Hmm ... Why?

For SEO reasons i have to keep the php ending.
So why does this example work with html ending but not with php ending?

thanks in advance,
manitwo

**nayes84** · 03-05-2010, 08:09 AM

I guess I redirect to times
First time

Code:

from foobar.html to test.php?seite=foobar

Second time

Code:

from test.php?seite=foobar to test.php?seite=test

**manitwo** · 03-05-2010, 09:44 AM

unfortunatly i can't say i fully understand your reply.
do you mean it does redirect two times or you would redirect two times?
my goal is to show the site as "foobar.php" but handled internaly as "index.php?seite=foobar".
i can't wrap around my head around why this doesn't work as in my example in post 1.

nevertheless thanks for your answer

cheers,
manitwo

**mtishetsky** · 03-06-2010, 11:47 PM

RewriteRule test.php - [L]

**manitwo** · 03-07-2010, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mtishetsky

RewriteRule test.php - [L]

what is this supposed to do?
i added this line in my htaccess file but got a 404 when i tried to reach "foobar.php".

thanks,
manitwo

**mtishetsky** · 03-07-2010, 04:51 AM

It should prevent test.php from being rewritten to itself. And this rule should be inserted BEFORE the existing one.

**manitwo** · 03-07-2010, 05:06 AM

alright, thanks for your fast reply.
foobar.php($_GET['seite']) outputs "test" instead of "foobar".
whereas foobar.php should be handled as test.php?seite=foobar so obviously the word "foobar" should be saved in "seite" variable not "test".
i don't understand whats going on.

here's my htaccess with your correction:

PHP Code:


			
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule test.php -
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.php$ test.php?seite=$1 [L]

**mtishetsky** · 03-07-2010, 05:14 AM

Where is [L] from my "test.php -" line?

To understand what's going on you should first understand how does mod_rewrite work, and only then try to do tricks with it.

**manitwo** · 03-07-2010, 05:35 AM

thank you very much mtishetsky.
now it works.
sorry for removing the [L] but i thought i read somewhere that this indicates the last rule. my bad

thanks for your time and your help!
manitwo

**chrishirst** · 03-07-2010, 07:27 AM

The [L] flag indicates the last rewrite rule for that request NOT the last necessarily the last rule in the file.
Apache then starts a new request for the rewritten filenames which will process htaccess again.

This behaviour ONLY applies to .htaccess BTW for httpd.conf the [L] flag does indicate the last rule to be applied for that rewrite condition.

**manitwo** · 03-07-2010, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrishirst

The [L] flag indicates the last rewrite rule for that request NOT the last necessarily the last rule in the file.
Apache then starts a new request for the rewritten filenames which will process htaccess again.

This behaviour ONLY applies to .htaccess BTW for httpd.conf the [L] flag does indicate the last rule to be applied for that rewrite condition.

thanks for clearing that up chrishirst