mod rewrite: problem with 2. parameter

[Waden]

hello, I have a problem with my htaccess for mod_rewrite, here is my htaccess :

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ - [F]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/^\.]+)$ /index.php?id=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)/([^/]+)$ /$1?action=$2 [QSA,L]

I can visit /42 without problems, but if I visit /42/views the assets are not loaded and there is no css, but why ? what have I to change ? The 2. parameter is just optional, you should be able to visit the site with one or 2 parameters. thanks for help! :D

[lucy24]

It's hard to give a comprehensive answer without knowing what physical files actually exist on the site. Page files, that is, not “assets”. It sounds as if not everything involves /index.php alone.

^([^/^\.]+)$

Is this meant to be

^([^/.]+)$

? You don't have literal ^ characters in your URLs do you? I'm assuming this is for any request in the form
/filename
no extension, no directories.

The second rule seems awkward. Does it mean something like
/filename/blahblah
rewritten to
/filename?action=blahblah
? If so, what the heck is /filename/ (the $1 element)? Can it contain literal . periods and/or additional directory slashes? Seems like you would be going around in circles, since you're rewriting to something that is, itself, not a physical file.

the assets are not loaded and there is no css

99 times out of 100, this happens because a page contains relative links that are no longer correct after rewriting. The 100th time it is because requests for assets are themselves getting rewritten.

Suggestion: before the current rules, have something that says

RewriteRule \.(css|jpg|png|js)$ - [L]

giving any extensions that you actually use for supporting files. This will prevent later rewrites firing by accident--and it will save your server from having to do those labor-intensive -f and -d lookups.

I don't know how much of your RewriteRules you left out for posting, but also make sure there's a preceding rule for

RewriteRule ^index\.php - [L]

[phranque]

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