Question

I have a problem with URL rewriting. This is the rule

RewriteRule ^(.*)-(.*)-(.*)\.html$ file.php?name=test&a=$1&b=$2&c=$3

The rule work’s fine on a link like this:

test-11-abc.html

But I have a problem if the third variable have a dash like:

test-11-ab-c.html

The rewrite doesn’t work.

Answer 1

Try this:

RewriteRule ^(.*?)-(.*?)-(.*)\.html$ file.php?name=test&a=$1&b=$2&c=$3

You need to make the first 2 matches non-greedy, because they’re gobbling up the first -.