Question

I have a rule that will take a this url and handle it properly.

RewriteRule ^category/([a-zA-Z0-9-z\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9-z\-]+)$ category.php?page=category&subPage=$1&pitem=$2

mysite.com/category/phones/htc-desire

The problem is if the url ends up being

mysite.com/category/phones/ 

the rule will just look for a page that does not exist.

What I need to do is work in “any page that is not empty” into the rule.

Any advice?

Answer 1

This should work:

RewriteRule ^category/([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9\-]*)$ category.php?page=category&subPage=$1&pitem=$2

” + ” quantifier at the end of your regex group means “1 or more”, while ” * ” makes it entirely optional.