Using ENV variables and mod rewrite

[creaturecorp]

Hello,

I have a setup like [mydomain.com...]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /user/([^.]+)/ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [E=userID:%1]

this doesn't seem to be working. Any tips? Essentially I need the username (in this case, "blah") to be in a variable.

Thanks in advance,

~Creaturecorp

[jdMorgan]

Your syntax is essentially correct, although a separate RewriteCond is not needed. But I have heard of 'strange' problems while setting envars like this, where it doesn't work (the variable is not immediately available) unless you do certain other things at the same time. Try the following variation:

RewriteRule ^user/([^/]+)/ - [NC,E=userID:$1]

If that doesn't work, look to the code that is de-referencing the variable, as the problem may lie there. Also, be aware that the variable will only be available to modules and content-handlers that run *after* mod_rewrite runs. If using Apache 1.x, there's a chance that your LoadModule list is mis-ordered; Modules loaded last run first, as documented in the Apache 1.x manual.

If this code is for use in httpd.conf or conf.d rather than .htaccess, then precede the 'user/' pattern with a slash.

Jim

[creaturecorp]

Ahh, that's essentially what I had at one point but without the NC.

Thank you very much! :)