Hi,
I'm currently using ModRewrite to pass everything through an index.php except images, videos, flash, and other files.
I now need to process a specific URL with a different file called listings.php. So in addition to the above, turn http://localhost/listings_
I'm not being able to do so and everything is getting rewritten to use index.php.
As you can see in the first line of the included RewriteLog, the regular expression IS actually working, but for some reason it keeps going instead of stopping as I directed by using the [L] option.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hey it worked perfectly. Many thanks!
I've actually found a link that explains what's going on and why this doesn't work but it doesn't say how to fix it (at least not in a detailed way) http://www.colder.ch/news/
As the project grows, I might need to add more "exceptions" like this. I suppose that after a few exceptions, that one line could get quite long. Do you see an alternative solution to this?
The solution to this other question uses a slightly different technique - a "stopmarker" that gets put in the URL:
http://www.experts-exchang
As long as the stopmarker doesn't appear in the URL visible to the user (and it won't unless you use an external redirect ie an R flag), it seems like a good technique.
I still don't quite understand why Apache created your problem in the first place, but I've seen it before multiple times. It's like the "N" or "next" flag is always turned on, which runs through all the rules again if you get a match. I wonder if there's a config setting that defaults that flag for all rules? Maybe it can be stopped from behaving that way?
I should have read the article you posted in your comment - it does help explain it. Copied and pasted here for others to see:
http://www.colder.ch/news/
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by: TerryAtOpusPosted on 2009-09-01 at 16:04:04ID: 25237024
Try changing:
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
to:
RewriteRule ^(?!listings.php)(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]