htaccess mod_rewrite issue

Maybe there is a mod_rewrite guru in the apache forums...


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     

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

But If I uncomment my first rule and I call http://mydomain/show/Example/season/1/ only the first rule will work..?

any idea?

 

Try to put your second line first and add [L]:

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

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Try to read J.Friedl's book on regular expressions.

 

Thank you. Putting the more explicit rule first solved the problem.

 

You could try to use something like this..

RewriteRule ^show/([a-z]+)/$ /show.php?name=$1
RewriteRule ^show/([a-z]+)/season/([0-9]+)/$ /show.php?name=$1&season=$2

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