htaccess mod_rewrite and php issue

Can anyone please tell me how to fix this....

Here is my htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1 
RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/season/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1&season=$2 

Code (markup):

var_dump($_GET); returns nothing when calling /show/Testname/

If I use this one instead:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^[B]tv[/B]show/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1 
RewriteRule ^[B]tv[/B]show/(.*)/season/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1&season=$2 

Code (markup):

var_dump($_GET); returns

name=Testname when calling /tvshow/Testname/

and

name=Testname
season=Testname/season/1/ when calling /tvshow/Testname/season/1/

Please help!

 

You could always rename show.php to something else.

Otherwise, try this (with the [L] at the end):

RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1 [L]

 

Thanks for your reply, but that didnt help.

I have changed this Options +FollowSymlinks to this Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews

and this is working:

RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1

So, calling http://mydomain/show/Example/ works.

But this still does not work:

RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/season/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1&season=$2

Variable $_GET['name'] becomes:

name=Example/season/1/

when calling http://mydomain/show/Example/season/1/

wtf..

 

I have found something...

How come my second rule works if I comment out the first rule?

#RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1
RewriteRule ^show/(.*)/season/(.*)/$ /show.php?name=$1&season=$2     

Code (markup):

Now if I call http://mydomain/show/Example/season/1/ everything works perfect?

 

^show/(.*)/$ will happily swallow up show/Example/season/1.

Put the more specific rule first.