mod-rewrite conditional confusion

mod-rewrite 2nd var

[arniedobson]

Hi All,

I've been trying for the past hour to figure this one out however I'm not that clued up when it comes to mod-rewrite! I currently have some working code/mod-rewrite which redirects a var starting with '-' to a new location:

RewriteRule ^-(.*)$ [mydomain.net...] [QSA]

This will redirect [mydomain.net...] to [mydomain.net...]

I want to be able to add an amendment which allows for an extra var in the format [mydomain.net...] to [mydomain.net...]

My current code is:

RewriteRule ^-(.*)/(.*).html$ [mydomain.net...] [QSA]

However since the 2nd var isn't always present, it's bombing out when ommited.

Any ideas which will allow it to work with, or without the 2nd var?

Thanks in advance.

[jdMorgan]

By far, the simplest solution is to use two rules:

RewriteRule ^-([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.html$ http://www.mydomain.net/view-report.html?s=$1&repdate=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^-([^.]+)\.html$ http://www.mydomain.net/view-report.html?s=$1 [QSA,L]

Note the use of more-efficient, unambiguous, negative-match patterns, possibly 20 times faster than "(.*)/(.*)".

Jim