ModRewrite RegEx problem

Hi dear mates

The following code is a snapet from my .htaccess file:

The problem is, if the generated html address has to much "_" signs (or combinations of "_TEXT_"), the CatID will interpretaded as 10 instead of 102 (as example). I tested some addresses for this cognition.

However, I'm sure there is a way to improve my RewriteRule. I'm not a RegEx Expert and my time is running ^^ so I decided to create this post.

Best regards,
Sonrahton

 

Try replacing the first .* by .*?

 

if your catid contains no _ you can try this:

RewriteRule ^([^_]+)_(.+).html$ ./index.php?CatID=$1&urltitle=$2 [L] 

Code (markup):

if your catid contains only numbers you can try this:

RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_(.+).html$ ./index.php?CatID=$1&urltitle=$2 [L] 

Code (markup):

 

Yess, it worked.

I used the solution from premiumscripts but good to see another solution(s).

Thanks very much,

Sonrahton

 

Just to explain, the "?" makes the match ungreedy. It will try to match as little as possible.

 

After I worked more on my project, I needed to use the solution from Sudoku-Master, becuase:

- ModRewrite shall just be active..if there is an ID in the URL. Otherwise you could have problems if you use templates with TinyMCE.


Greetings, Sonrahton