multiviews win.
this simple fact has enraged me for weeks, now. but now i know!
example
i have a file called journal.php, which accepts a variable id. the contents of .htaccess in the same directory were to the effect of:
then i visit /journal/1234 in my browser. guess what happens! the variable isn't passed to journal.php. know why? because apache skipped the rewrite rule and looked for a multiview match (journal*) and it found journal.php.
so, before anything else in your .htaccess, specify:
sigh.
this simple fact has enraged me for weeks, now. but now i know!
example
i have a file called journal.php, which accepts a variable id. the contents of .htaccess in the same directory were to the effect of:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^journal/(.*)$ journal.php?id=$1
then i visit /journal/1234 in my browser. guess what happens! the variable isn't passed to journal.php. know why? because apache skipped the rewrite rule and looked for a multiview match (journal*) and it found journal.php.
so, before anything else in your .htaccess, specify:
Options -Multiviews
sigh.
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references (now that i know it is multiview's fault and know what to search google for):
http://mudry.org/blog/post/2007/01/19/Incompa … ewriteRule
http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/archives/2005 … multiviews
http://mudry.org/blog/post/2007/01/19/Incompa … ewriteRule
http://www.gerd-riesselmann.net/archives/2005 … multiviews