Why is this causing an endless loop in IE and not Firefox

To make it even stranger, it only causes an endless loop in SOME versions of IE... frustratingly neither of my desktop machines, but a few friends told me abuot it and it is replicated on my wifes dell laptop as well...


The code in my .htaccess re. the rewrite engine is:


RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^category/([0-9]*)/([a-zA-Z-]*).html$ category.php?cId=$1&cName=$2 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^category/([0-9]*)/([a-zA-Z-]*)/([0-9]*).html$ category.php?cId=$1&cName=$2&page=$3 [L,NC]

#RewriteRule ^game/([0-9]*)/([a-zA-Z-]*).html$ game.php?gId=$1&fname=$2 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^game/([0-9]*)/(.*)\.html$ game.php?gId=$1&fname=$2 [L,NC]



SO: THIS WORKS FINE IN FF, BUT NOT IN SOME VERSIONS OF IE....

Any thoughts or ideas people?

thanks in advance


MOG

 

Try removing the [L,NC] to see if it makes a difference (from all the rules).

Jay

 

hasnt helped... it still loops in IE and still works fine in FF...

 

currently I am not sure what is the problem with IE... because in my side the script is working both browser.

But I am starting to modify and update the script so maybe I can give you a copy when I am done with the update..

 

not sure on that one, mabye try putting the longer categories rewrite line on top, see if that helps, and make sure you have [L] on the rules (it means stop processing).

I had a similar problem on one of my sites, it ended up been a redirection inside the application (due to cookie settings), so it might be a possibility that it's your application and not the rewrite rules that are causing it.

 

Thanks Ed, any help on those lines would be much appreciated... I understand its very hard to identify when your browsers are working fine with it...

At first I thought it was my friend that had the problem, but now many people have told me, and as mentioned in the OP on my wifes laptop it doesnt work in IE (but does in FF).

I will re-add the [L] back in then, thanks for your advice, my problem here is that I havent a CLUE what Im doing with the .htaccess, its way outside my skillset so Im working blind.... problem is I really need to get this working properly as I know for a fact Im losing traffic over it...

thanks anyway for your help guys!!



MOG

 

Would this be the common consensus as to what could be wrong with it then, if nobody can see anything in the .htaccess file?

thanks!

MOG