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htaccess Rewrite Single Digit Wildcard

Is there a single digit wildcard that can be used with RewriteRule? Here's an example, this is my current code:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*user_screenshots/14.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)user_screenshots/14(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1user_screenshots/saves14/14$2 [R,L]

If # was a single digit wildcard, this is what that code would look like:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*user_screenshots/14###.*
RewriteRule ^(.*)user_screenshots/14###(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1user_screenshots/saves14/14###$2 [R,L]

So my question is, what is the single digit wildcard that can be used in this?

Thanks.

designatedinitializer

mod_rewrite accepts regular expressions.
if you want to match 0 or more characters use a single question mark (?).
If you want to match a digit use a character class like this:

[0-9]

(square brackets included)

davideo7

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designatedinitializer: What if I want a wildcard of just 3 digits?

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davideo7

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designatedinitializer: So would it look like this?

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} .*user_screenshots/14[0-9][0-9][0-9].*
RewriteRule ^(.*)user_screenshots/14[0-9][0-9][0-9](.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1user_screenshots/saves14/14[0-9][0-9][0-9]$2 [R,L]

designatedinitializer

yep

14[0-9][0-9][0-9]

will match 14000 through 14999.

davideo7

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designatedinitializer: That didn't work exactly as expected, but close. It turned this url
http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/user_screenshots/14514/Super%20Mario%20World_Jul20%2015_00_55.png

into this
http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/user_screenshots/saves14/14%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D/Super%20Mario%20World_Jul20%2015_00_55.png

but it should've turned that url into this:
http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/user_screenshots/saves14/14514/Super%20Mario%20World_Jul20%2015_00_55.png

designatedinitializer

I was talking about the wildcard/regexp you asked about.
What exactly are you trying to acomplish?
The example you give above shows two equal strings.

davideo7

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designatedinitializer: These 2 strings aren't the same, I'll place them next to each other so you can see the difference better.

http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/user_screenshots/saves14/14%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D%5B0-9%5D/Super%20Mario%20World_Jul20%2015_00_55.png
http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/retro/user_screenshots/saves14/14514/Super%20Mario%20World_Jul20%2015_00_55.png

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designatedinitializer

Hi,
Yeah, you're right.
You could also do it like this: (14[0-9][0-9][0-9])/(.*)
And then use $1$2

The brackets turn the match pattern into a group.
The $n stuff refers to the n'ths group matched back there.

davideo7

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I was able to figure out the 2nd half of the problem on my own but designatedinitializer helped me with the first half. Thanks.