Problem chaining rewriterules

[Zacharias]

Hi,

I am having problems using more than 8 variables and I see that apache can only handle 8 and it is possible to chain rewriterules together.

I read a post on this forum where this example was given

#rewriterule ^product([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-(.+)$ /script.php.$9?v1=$1&v2=$2&v3=$3&v4=$4&v5=$5&v6=$6&v7=$7&v8=$8 [C]
#rewriterule ^script\.php\.([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)-([^-]+)no dash$ /script.php?v9=$1&v10=$2&v11=$3&v12=$4& [QSA,L]

I am trying to use the same logic with the beneath rule. (This rule would normally work, were it not for that pesky apache limitation!)

RewriteRule ^/?([-a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([-a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/?$ index.php?sectionnameurl=$1&categorynameurl=$2&geta=$3&geturla=$4&getb=$5&geturlb=$6&getc=$7&geturlc=$8&getd=$9&geturld=$10 [NC]

Here is my attempt at converting the above rewriterule to the chained logic in the first example.

RewriteRule ^/?([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)/$ index.php.$9?sec=$1&cat=$2&geta=$3&geturla=$4&getb=$5&geturlb=$6&getc=$7&geturlc=$8 [C]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]+)-([a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+)$ /index.php?getd=$1&geturld=$2 [QSA,L]

I cant seem to get it to work no matter how hard i try :(

Any help is much appreciated

Cheers

Z

[Zacharias]

Still really struggling with this.

I get a 404 error no matter which combination I use.

Should I move this work out of htaccess and into my script?

The only problem with this is that I will still run out of variables at some point, because there are more (around 12 in total)

Really appreciate any advice as to how to tackle this.

Cheers

Z

[jdMorgan]

The pattern of the second rule must match the URL as rewritten by the first rule, otherwise, it will never be applied. Look at the example you worked from: The first rule rewrites to an intermediate URL (script.php), puts any name/values that won't fit into the first eight variables ($1-$8) into variable $9 and then back-references $9 in the substitution URL, so that the second rule can parse those additional name/values.

Note that "script.php" need not be a real URL or a real file -- it is just used as a unique temporary name while we step through the chained rules.

Jim

[Zacharias]

Thanks a lot for the help with this.

There is really not a lot of information about how to do things like this in apache.

Very much appreciated

Z