mod_rewrite conundrum

Junior WebHelper Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 49

I have a .htaccess file that has the following:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^making_tables/item([0-9])$ making_tables.php?tablenum=$1

This only partially works in that the url is correctly rewritten but then it's as if the php script loses its connection to the PHP engine as the script is dead in the water. Yet when I run the php script with its normal url everything works.

Any ideas why this might be happening? Confused

Thanks,
php4ever

Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2003 12:07 am (20 years, 8 months ago)

I'm not sure I quite understand you....what exactly happens with the php script?

Junior WebHelper Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 49

OKay, here's the php script making_tables.php

<?php

$LIMIT = $_GET['tablenum'];

if ($LIMIT > 10) {
$LIMIT = 1;
}else if ($LIMIT < 0) {
$LIMIT = 1;
}

function MakeTable($bgclr,$i,$txclr) {
?>
<TABLE border=0 style="border:3px solid lightgrey;background:<?php echo $bgclr ?>;color:<?php echo $txclr ?>" width="70%">
<TR align="left"><TH><B><?php echo $i ?>.</b>
</tr>
<TR>
<TD align="right" width="25%">Image</td><TD><input NAME="IM[<?php echo $i ?>]" type="text" SIZE="40" MAXLENGTH="100">
</td>
</tr>
<TR>
<TD align="right">Width</td><TD><INPUT NAME="WI[<?php echo $i ?>]" SIZE="40" MAXLENGTH="100">
</td>
</tr>
<TR>
<TD align="right">Height</td><TD><INPUT NAME="HI[<?php echo $i ?>]" SIZE="40" MAXLENGTH="100">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p></p>
<?php }// end MakeTable()

for ($num=1; $num<=$LIMIT; $num++) {
$clr = ($num % 2)? 'lightsteelblue' : 'silver';
$tx = ($num % 2)? 'maroon' : 'black';
MakeTable( $clr, $num, $tx );
}
?>

and I've slightly modified my .htaccess and it is as follows:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^making_tables/([0-9]+)$ making_tables.php?tablenum=$1

However, this still doesn't work right. The url with the query string is rewritten but the php seems to just die. Any help you can offer I'd greatly appreciate!

--php4ever