Re: What's wrong with this rewrite rule?

* Michael <phpnews@mas.ml1.net>: > Chris W. Parker wrote: > > and it's driving me insane. I've got plenty of other rewrite rules > > working perfectly. Here is the rule in question. > > > > RewriteRule ^detail\.asp\?product_id=([\w-]+)$ product.php?id=$1 > > You're insisting that the path to rewrite start with d. It's not going > to start with d, it's going to start with /. As in "/detail.asp"... Actually, that's not always the case. I was recently working on some rewrite rules, under the assumption that they would start with '/' -- an erroneous assumption as it turned out. RewriteLog showed me why... -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney | mailto:matthew@garden.org Webmaster and IT Specialist | http://www.garden.org National Gardening Association | http://www.kidsgardening.com 802-863-5251 x156 | http://nationalgardenmonth.org