Brian Chivers wrote:
> Keith Edmunds wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:52:23 +0000, brian@??? said:
>>
>>
>>> RewriteRule: cannot compile regular expression '^([^/\\]+)?/?$'
>>>
>> Sorry, I should have removed the backslash that was before the dot too:
>>
>> RewriteRule ^([^/]+)?/?$ user.php?username=$1 [L,QSA]
>>
>>
> :-) That sort of worked but I just get a blank page with user not found
> error, where as normally I get a full page so I'm guessing it's
> stripping something off.
>
> Guess I'll have to contact the support forum for the people who wrote
> the software & ask them if they've got a work around as I don't really
> know how it all works together and the php files are all Zend encoded :-/
>
> Brian
Do you have sufficient access to the server to be able to see
mod_rewrite's log files (which can be enabled with 'RewriteLog' if
necessary)? If so, you can debug the process to see what your regexp is
actually doing.
mod_rewrite rules involve a lot of trial and error in my limited experience.
You could try it without one of the ?s, since if it doesn't match, the
rule shouldn't get invoked anyway:
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ user.php?username=$1 [L]
You don't need QSA if you're not expecting '?...' on the end of the URL
before the substitution occurs.
Another untested thought: does the '.' in the username need to be
escaped, i.e. converted to %2e ? Don't ask me how though...
Good luck
Chris
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Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
