Couple of mod_rewrite qquestions

I'm using a tutorial to do a mod_rewrite. Here is what it says to put in my htaccess file:

RewriteRule ^products/([0-9][0-9])$ products/$1/ [R]
RewriteRule ^products/([0-9][0-9])/$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1

According to the tut, the "[R]" signifies that the viewer should be aware of the redirect (it should change the address in their browser's addy bar). However, when I use the code above, I get 404s. When I take the [R] out, it redirects to the correct page, but doesn't change the address in the address bar.

anyone know whats wrong?


Also, I have product IDs with spaces in them. So I tried to make the range in the htaccess file include % (%20 for the space) but it isn't working.

any help?

thanks!

 

I'm no expert, but I would write it this way and try it.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /YOUR-FOLDER
RewriteRule ^products/([0-9][0-9])/$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1

 

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^products/(.*)/$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1 [L]

 

Thanks nintendo! Now can anyone help me make it so that if you don't add the trailing slash it will still work?

I tried this, but it gives 500 errors:


Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^products/(.*)$ products/$1/ [L]
RewriteRule ^products/(.*)/$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1 [L]

 

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^products/(.*)/$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^products/(.*)$ productinfo.php?prodID=$1 [L]

Both with and with out the last / should work.