Passing RewriteCond back reference to all rules

[kemp]

Here's my mod_rewrite syntax:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([a-z]+)\.domain\.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^(www\.)domain\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^help/([_0-9a-z-]+)/([_0-9a-z-]+)/?$ http://subdomain.domain.com/index.php?1=help-article&2=0&3=$1&4=$2 [QSA,P]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+)?/?$ http://subdomain.domain.com/index.php?2=$1&3=$2&4=$3&5=$4&6=$5&7=%1 [QSA,L,P]

My problem is that I need to pass the first RewriteCond back reference (%1) to all the RewriteRules, but that's not what happens. For some reason only the first active rule can access the value in %1.

Any ideas?

[dklynn]

kemp,

To ALL the RewriteRules? It should - until you hit a Last flag (or get redirected OUT). Since your second RewriteRule is ANDed with the first, you'll not have it examined.

Basically speaking, mod_rewrite is a very basic programming language which does NOT allow you to apply an earlier rule/variable with something in a different BLOCK statement.

Regards,

DK