Mod Rewrite

[jayer]

What am I doing wrong here?

I have 4 mod rewrite statements:

RewriteRule ^TLA/([0-9]+)/index.htm$ TLA/index.php?league=$1
RewriteRule ^TLA/([0-9]+)/(.+)/index\.htm$ TLA/index.php?league=$1&team=$2
RewriteRule ^TLA/([0-9]+)/(.+)/([0-9]+)/index\.htm$ TLA/index.php?league=$1&team=$2&category=$3
RewriteRule ^TLA/([0-9]+)/(.+)/(.+)/(.+)\.htm$ TLA/index.php?league=$1&team=$2&category=$3&product=$4

http://www.example.com/1/index.htm
http://www.example.com/1/ALA/index.htm
http://www.example.com/1/ALA/2/3.htm

All work meaning the $_GET variables are matched up correctly.

However,

http://www.example.com/1/ALA/2/index.htm

Does not work. It registers the $_GET['team'] variable as ALA/2 and no $_GET['category'] variable as opposed to registered the $_GET['team'] variable as ALA and the $_GET['category'] variable as 2.

I don't understand why the transition from my first to second rewrite statement would work, but not the transition from the 2nd to 3rd.

Please help. Thanks in advance!

[g1smd]

The (.+) matches "everything" including multiple slashes, so the rules after number two will never be run.

That is, the (.+) "consumes" everything up to the index part.

Three things to do:

- Add

[L]

to the end of every rule.
- Change

(.+)

to

([^/]+)

or similar (except for the very last one in the very last rule which should be

([^\.]+)

instead).
- Sort the rules from most specific to least specific (reverse of what you have now).

[jayer]

Thank you! All but the most specific to least specific fixed it. I appreciate the help.

[g1smd]

It might "fix it" but you do need to do both of the other things too.

There are other problems waiting to catch you out if you don't do them.