The following reply was made to PR mod_rewrite/2514; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mod_rewrite/2514: Internal RewriteMaps (eg. tolower) loop when
given null input
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 14:42:18 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Using the rewrite rules given in 'How can we repeat this problem?', although
> a
> request of '/artichoke/hello' redirects to '/artichoke/HELLO', a request of
> '/artichoke' or '/artichoke/' hangs.
> This occurs with tolower and toupper, but not (AFAICS) with prg: maps.
>>How-To-Repeat:
> RewriteMap uc int:toupper
> RewriteRule ^/artichoke(/(.*)$|$) /artichoke/${uc:$2}
> [R=permanent]
Seems not like a problem related to RewriteMaps. Instead your rules are
problematic. Your rules force a loop!
You should either remove the redirect (i.e. translate to upper case only
internally) or use a better URL pattern for the RewriteRule which avoids the
redirect when the URL already is upper-case. For instance:
RewriteMap uc int:toupper
RewriteRule ^/artichoke /artichoke/ [R]
RewriteRule ^/artichoke/(.*[a-z].*)$ /artichoke/${uc:$1}
[R=permanent]
Greetings,
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
