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Asked: 2026-06-16T17:08:15+00:00

For example, I can write the following .htaccess rule at the base directory of

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For example, I can write the following .htaccess rule at the base directory of my domain (/):

RewriteRule ^something/[bd]on$ foo.php [L]

Which would match the following URLs, providing my domain is www.example.com:

http://www.example.com/something/bon
http://www.example.com/something/don

right? But how would I put words in there to match? For example, apple and cheese, so that it only matches:

http://www.example.com/something/apple
http://www.example.com/something/cheese

Note that I have around 40 different possibilities after something/, so please provide me with an .htaccess rule which can accommodate that.

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  1. Editorial Team

    40 words sounds long but AFAIK, the only way to make a Regex pattern match a set of options is to explicitly write them in parantheses, separated by the pipe | character.

    So I think RewriteRule ^something/(word1|word2|word3)$ foo.php [L] should work for you.

    EDIT:

    I forgot to mention. To shorten the list you can use character groups/ranges and conditions for the words (such as colou?r or gr[ae]y) but that will make it look confusing later when you need to edit it.

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