rewrite_mod troubles

External Since: Jun 11, 2004 Posts: 2

Hello, I have the following lines in my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm /cgi-bin/viewpage.cgi?page=$1 [L]

The above rewrites all .htm file requests to a program that dynamically puts
the pages together. The trouble is if someone addresses the index web page
such as http://www.wakproductions.com/ without specifying a *.htm file.
That request will not rewrite as "index.htm"... how can I also get the
default file to be rerouted to "viewpage.cgi?page=index"?

Thanks.

WAK

External Since: Oct 24, 2003 Posts: 127

Winston Kotzan wrote:

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> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm /cgi-bin/viewpage.cgi?page=$1 [L]

> The trouble is if someone addresses the index web page such as
> <a rel="nofollow" style='text-decoration: none;' href="http://www.wakproductions.com/" target="_blank">http://www.wakproductions.com/</a> without specifying a *.htm file.
> That request will not rewrite as "index.htm"...

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/$
RewriteRule ^.*$ /cgi-bin/viewpage.cgi?page=index [L]

Play around with your REGEX for different effects.

You will discover writing verbose rules first, test,
then use shortcut methods, will make your task easier.

Note in your example REGEX $1 will contain "everything"
in the path before your \.htm ending.

^.*(index)\.htm$

That example will set $1 to a value of "index" as intended.

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