Well I was talking with Customer support, and they said I have an error in my code, but 'they can't tel me because it's third party'. BS. Whatever.

Anyways I hope you guys can help me. I don't care if you steal my code.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule thread-thread-(.*)\.htm$ thread.php?threadID=$1

That's my .htaccess. It's supposed to turn something like thread.php?threadID=5 into thread-thread-5. But it doesn't. What's the problem?

My customer service guy also said that FollowSymLinks isn't allowed on my hosting account... Is that mandatory for it to work with mod_rewrite? mod_rewrite is supported.

Thanks,

-PG

Is that mandatory for it to work with mod_rewrite?

Yep.

Note: Enabling rewrites in per-directory context
To enable the rewriting engine for per-directory configuration files, you need to set ``RewriteEngine On'' in these files and ``Options FollowSymLinks'' must be enabled. If your administrator has disabled override of FollowSymLinks for a user's directory, then you cannot use the rewriting engine. This restriction is needed for security reasons.

from http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Well, that sucks.

They give you examples on how to use it (mod_rewrite), but they shove poop in your face by disabling the mandatory stuff...

Originally Posted by Physicsguy

My customer service guy also said that FollowSymLinks isn't allowed on my hosting account... Is that mandatory for it to work with mod_rewrite? mod_rewrite is supported.

I think the support guy was mistaken. If mod_rewrite is supported, then it is very unlikely that FollowSymLinks is not.

That's what he said... mod_rewrite works but the FollowSymLinks is not.... >.<