Re: RewriteRule REGEX ?

I don't think you need to escape the full-stop (period) that could cause problems. I've used the following rule with no problem: RewriteRule ^learning/(.*).htm$ _rewriteHandler.php?query=$1/ "Monty" <monty3@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:BC38131C.1F7FE%monty3@hotmail.com... > My server runs Apache 2.0. I am trying to do a simple URL rewrite so that > old URLs will map to our new style of URLS... > > From This: articles.php?id=999 > To This: articles/999 > > In the .htaccess file for the htdocs folder that contains the web files, I > put the following: > > RewriteEngine on > RewriteRule ^articles\.php\?id=([0-9]+)$ articles/$1 [R] > > I've also tried this (no slash in front of ?): > > RewriteEngine on > RewriteRule ^articles\.php?id=([0-9]+)$ articles/$1 [R] > > But I keep getting a 404 error for articles.php, which means that something > must be wrong with my RewriteRule because it's not matching. I've tried > various tweaks and just can't get it to work. > > What am I doing wrong?? > > Thanks.