mod_rewrite : difference between windows and linux?

Discussion in 'Apache' started by Ron, Feb 20, 2006.

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    Does mod_rewrite work exactly the same on linux and on windows?
    I have the a rewrite rule, that works perfectly on my local win XP system but won't work when I upload it to my provider (linux machine)
    I have other rewrite rules running fine locally and on my providers machine

    I want to change www.mydomain.com/Name__id__545.php to www.mydomain.com/index.php?id=545

    here's the rule:

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^[^\/]*_id_(\d*)\.php$ index.php?id=$1 [L]

    I tried this to:

    RewriteRule ^.*_id_(\d*)\.php$ index.php?id=$1 [L]

    same thing, it works on xp but not on linux.
    any idea?
     
    Ron, Feb 20, 2006 IP
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    Hi.

    Exactly what do you see when trying to access the mentioned URL (which needs to be rewrited) at your linux machine?
     
    UptimeAgent, Feb 20, 2006 IP
  3. Ron

    Ron Peon

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    That's what I get:

    Not Found
    The requested URL /Firefox1.5.0.1_id_3421.php was not found on this server.

    Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
     
    Ron, Feb 21, 2006 IP
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    Got it!!

    The problem is not the os, it's the apache version.
    On my local machine I got apache 2.0, my provider has 1.3.26.

    Apache 1.3.x doesn't support Perl compatible regular expressions (i.e. \d)

    I changed the RewirteRule to

    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule ^[^/_]+_id_([0-9]+)\.php$ /index.php?id=$1 [L]

    and now everything works fine
     
    Ron, Mar 3, 2006 IP