mod_rewrite problems

[Dillenger]

I'm have a bit of a problem with my mod_rewrite script, they all work fine, until I start getting into a sub-sub directory... the weird thing is, it will display the page, just won't change the variable:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+) index.php?postID=$1
RewriteRule ^page([0-9]+) index.php?page=$1
RewriteRule ^c([0-9]+) index.php?categoryID=$1
RewriteRule ^c([0-9]+)/page([0-9]+) index.php?categoryID=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^d([0-9]+) index.php?diverID=$1
RewriteRule ^d([0-9]+)/page([0-9]+) index.php?diverID=$1&page=$2
RewriteRule ^m([0-9]+)-y([0-9]+) index.php?monthID=$1&yearID=$2

The one i'm having an issue with is this:
RewriteRule ^{c([0-9]+)/page([0-9]+)} index.php?categoryID=$1&page=$2

This is the script that calls it:

echo ("<a href=\"/newdiveblog/c$_GET[categoryID]/$_GET[page]/\">NEXT $limit</a>");

[bpat1434]

Unless $_GET['page'] has a value like:
page0-9 then you won't match. You'll need to change the link to be:

echo '<a href="/newdiveblog/c'.$_GET['categoryID'].'/page'.$_GET['page'].'/">NEXT '.$limit.'</a>';

[MarkR]

I would severely recommend that you try to avoid complicated rewriting rules.

Why not just have a simple rewriting rule which rewrites any nonexistent file request to index.php, then have that file try to work out what to do based on the path supplied?

It would really be much easier. But remember to send 404s correctly.

Mark