> > http://mydomain/?id=abc123 > http://mydomain?id=abc123 > > get automatically mapped to > > http://mydomain/index.php?id=abc123 > > I can't change that those URL's exist already, so I have to be able to > handle them when they come in. But I want to also handle: > > http://mydomain/abc123 as http://mydomain/index.php?id=abc123
> > See my problem? I have to match a root page request with a query > string of ?id=[anything] There's an excellent book about regular expressions from O'Reilly. Spend a weekend with it, really. RewriteEngine on # this rule will match all url's starting with index.php, # including /index.php?foo=bar but also /index.phpxxx RewriteRule /index.php(.*)$ /index.php$1 [L] # if that rule isn't matched, the follwing rule will ut anything as id= RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?id=$1 [L] Would that help !? Ace > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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] -- maven n : someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] - WordNet (r) 2.0 Suares & Co, Open Source Solutions mail: Gravenstraat #4, Willemstad, Curacao (NA) phone: +599 786 23 73 fax: +31 848 707 705 web: http://www.suares.an email: [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]