Mod rewrite rule help needed!

mod_rewrite

[smoothy]

Hi,

I have one script which has the following rewrite rule which is coded by the developer only for lighttpd webserver.

Can anyone convert the same rewrite rule in apache format?

url.rewrite-once = ( "^/files/(.*)/(.*)" =>"/files.php?id=$1&filename=$2" )

Waiting for ur reply,
Thanks.

[jdMorgan]

That's some very inefficient code... For better server performance, I'd strongly suggest changing that to

url.rewrite-once = ( "^/files/([^/]+)/(.*)" =>"/files.php?id=$1&filename=$2" ) 

The Apache mod_rewrite equivalent would likely be

RewriteRule ^/files/([^/]+)/(.*)$ /files.php?id=$1&filename=$2 [L] 

assuming that this code goes into a server config file, and outside of any <Directory> container. If for use in .htaccess or within a server config file <Directory> container, you must remove the leading slash from the RewriteRule pattern.

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[smoothy]

thanks for ur help .. will try and reply back!