mod rewrite

[Anon]

Hello all
I've been playing with a dynamic php website, and I thought I'd have a go
at 'flattening out' all the ? characters to make it more search engine
friendly using mod rewrite. But can I get it working? Can I 'Eck!

I know the relevant module is enabled on the server, and I have read
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/rewriteguide.html and the helpful guide
at http://fantomaster.com/faarticles0.html.

But alas, I am thick.

my .htaccess file looks like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^{(.?)product/(.)$} $1/product.php3?$2
RewriteEngine off

What have I got wrong?

Victoria

[Anon]

I found out!
2 stupid mistakes by me in my rewrite statement:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^{(.?)product/(.)$} $1/product.php3?$2
RewriteEngine off

1) no need for RewriteEngine off - don't know where I got that idea from.

2) extra ? in first bracket set in RewriteRule not needed.

Now it works :-)

Victoria Clare wrote: