URL rewrite issue

[Shaydez]

I'm having trouble with a rewrite issue i thought i had working.

RewriteRule (.*)/(.*)-(.*)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3
RewriteRule (.*)/(.*)-(.*)-(.*)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3&cmspage=$4

RewriteRule (.*)/(.*)-(.*)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3 --? works with: www.domain.com/details/name_of_page_here-72.html

this doesn't work it defaults to the above
RewriteRule (.*)/(.*)-(.*)-(.*)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3&cmspage=$4 --> http://www.domain.com/details/name_o...2-NewPage.html

Output should give me
Array
(
[name] => name_of_page_here
[storeID] => 78409
[cmspage] => NewPage

)

[Jeff Mott]

Remember that .* captures everything, including hyphens. That's why your first rule matches your second scenario, because all it needs is at least one hyphen somewhere in the filename. I would try this:

RewriteRule (.*)/([^/\-]+)-([^/\-]+)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3
RewriteRule (.*)/([^/\-]+)-([^/\-]+)-([^/\-]+)\.html$ details.php?name=$2&storeID=$3&cmspage=$4

[^/\-] means match any character that is not a slash (to ensure you stay within the current path segment) or a hyphen (to ensure to capture only the segment of the filename between hyphens.

[Shaydez]

cool.. i understand.. thanks