mod_rewrite

[mobilebadboy]

Can anyone tell me why this isn't working?

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule cat(.*)\.html$ /index\.php?cat=$1

I'm trying to change any index.php?cat=XXX URLs to catXXX.html. I know mod_rewrite works, because I use it to redirect www.domain.com to domain.com.

[johnn]

try RewriteRule cat(.*)\.html$ index.php?cat=$1

[mobilebadboy]

That didn't do anything either. Nothing I've tried has caused any problems, just nothing is working period. It's like it's just ignoring the rule.

[MarkB]

How about:

RewriteRule ^cat(.*).html$ index.php?cat=$1

[mobilebadboy]

Nope. I'm probably just doing something wrong somewhere. Ah well, I'll just leave it as is.

[Chris]

You could use a ForceType directive instead.

[MarkB]

Are you sure mod_rewrite is enabled on your server?

[mobilebadboy]

Originally posted by mobilebadboy
I know mod_rewrite works, because I use it to redirect www.domain.com to domain.com.

[freekrai]

Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^cat(.*).html?$ index.php?cat=$1 [QSA,L]

Try it without the FollowSymLinks options first, then go back and try it with the SymLinks options turned on.

[mobilebadboy]

Nope. I'm just meant to be search engine unfriendly.