Multiple rewriterules

I've been playing with this for the last 2 hours with no success! Really hoping sitepoint members can help!

As one normally does, we have rewrite running fine:

Code:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

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However, what I want to do as well, is when a particular script is accessed, to rewrite it back to the rewritten format above.

For example:

Code:

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RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^/somefolder/somescript.php(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1

---

So if somefolder/somescript.php exists, translate the arguments to index.php like the other statement does. However, this doesn't seem to work.. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong.. thank you.

akb,

First, WELCOME to SitePoint's Apache Forum.

Okay, back to WHAT rewritten format? No matter, what it looks like you're trying to do is to capture a query string with a RewriteRule. Since that cannot be done, you've got a problem. The answer is to capture the query string with a Rewrite Cond examining the %{QUERY_STRING} variable.

Finally, even that is not necessary as the QSA (Query String Appended) flag is designed to do that for you (if you create a new query string) - otherwise, it gets sent to the redirection script naturally.

Since you're not using query strings, however, you should take a look at the Options -MultiViews setting as most servers are set to NOT let you use a filename in place of a directory in a URI path.

Regards,

DK