Re: [users@httpd] mod_rewrite directives problem

[Shyne]

In the meantime I have found out that the problem was, that the directive needed a physical path in order to operate:     RewriteEngine on     RewriteCond /data/www/htdocs/mysite%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d     RewriteCond /data/www/htdocs/mysite%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f     RewriteRule ^/help?(.*)$ /help/index.php?id=$2 [L,QSA] This finally does the job. Thanks for listening & greetings, Carole. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Apparently the directive RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f matches requests for existing files, which it should exactly not do. I try to filter out all requests for non existing documents and folders and lead them to my script, but leave the existing stuff untouched. !-f says "NOT an existing filename" -f says "is an existing filename" There are "-d" for directories and "-l" for links. If you have all together [ !-f, !-d, (!-l if you are using symlinks) ] than you have exact what you want. bye Oliver -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Shyne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mo 20.02.2006 13:11 An: users@httpd.apache.org Betreff: Re: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mod_rewrite directives problem Hi Robert Thanks for your answer. I changed the directives according to your input and installed the log. Apparently the directive RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f matches requests for existing files, which it should exactly not do. I try to filter out all requests for non existing documents and folders and lead them to my script, but leave the existing stuff untouched. Is there a different way to do the filtering for non existing documents (with leaving what has been entered in the Address Bar unchanged)? Thanks and greetings, Carole. Robert Ionescu wrote: Shyne wrote: <VirtualHost *:80> ... RewriteEngine on RewriteCond /help/%(REQUEST_URI) !-d RewriteCond /help/%(REQUEST_URI) !-f RewriteRule ^help/?(.*)$ /help/index.php?id=$1 [L,QSA] </VirtualHost> - I am not sure if /help/%(REQUEST_URI) points to the right place, but Round parenthesis are wrong, you must use {...}, but consider using RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f - Should it be ^help/ or ^/help/ In per-server context: ^/help/ In order to debug RewriteRules, use a RewriteLog RewriteLog logs/rewrite Rewriteloglevel 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]