Problem with one mod rewrite rule overwriting all others

[dcampbell]

I have the following redirects setup in my htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^products/([\-_a-z0-9]+)\.php$ template-products.php?content=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^information/([\-_a-z0-9]+)\.php$ template-information.php?content=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([\-_a-z0-9]+)\.php$ template.php?content=$1 [L]
ErrorDocument 404 /template.php?content=$1

The problem I have is the third rewrite rule captures all urls and therefore redirects all pages to template.php, ignoring the previous 2 rules and not using those templates.

How can I prevent the third rule from overwriting the previous 2?

Regards

[dcampbell]

An example of what I mean above:

mydomain.com/products/product1.php is using template.php instead of template-products.php

[jdMorgan]

Actually, the problem is that the third rule rewrites its own URL-path, and those already rewritten by the previous two rules (mod_rewrite in .htaccess is recursive).

Add an exclusion to the third rule:

RewriteCond $1 !^template
RewriteRule ^([\-_a-z0-9]+)\.php$ template.php?content=$1 [L]

Jim

[dcampbell]

Much obliged Jim, works like a charm.

Cheers

[g1smd]

ErrorDocument 404 /template.php?content=$1

What fills the $1 server variable here? Is this a typo?