Why do These Odd URLs Work?

[greennature]

Checking my logs, I've notices that odd urls are showing up, i.e.,

domain.com/article2053.html-22k[url][/
domain.com/article23.htmltravel/

and they all work, going to can go to the real page, i.e.,

article2053.html or
article23.html

why are they showing up and how can I make them all return a 404 error? They seem to create duplicte content pages.

[jd01]

Why are they showing up?
Don't know -- how are they created?
dynamic? static? is there mod_rewrite involved?

How to remove them?
If they are static delete them from the server.
If they are dynamic, you will need to edit the script that creates them, or the mod_rewrite rules (if they are in place) to not serve the information any longer.

Not really sure what else we can advise without more information.

Justin

[greennature]

There is a mod rewrite involved...
RewriteRule ^(article([0-9]+)\.html) index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]

should it be
RewriteRule ^(article([0-9]+)\.html$) index.php?/$1 [L,QSA]

with the "$" denoting the end of the string?

[jd01]

Yes, that should do it... The other url's will not match the pattern, so this should stop the redirect, and generate a 404.

Justin

[greennature]

well, that seems to have worked, does it look right?

[greennature]

Sorry Justin, we posted at the same time. It does return a 404.

[jake66]

i'm having a similar problem.. it's producing:

Rings__Girls+Shirts.html

when
Rings.html -legit
Girls+Shirts.html -legit

my htaccess:
one var:
RewriteRule ^/?(category)/([^/]*)\.html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [NC]

two var:
RewriteRule ^/?(category)/(.*)\.html$ product_info.php?cPath=$2&products_id=$4&%{QUERY_STRING} [NC]