Question

I have no idea why, but every time I do something with a complex pattern for a RewriteRule in a .htaccess file, I get a 500 internal error. My current .htaccess file in its entirety is:

RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^ups/sections/([A-Za-z]{3})/([A-Za-z0-9_-+\.]+)/?$ /dl.php?loct=sec&sec=$1&file=$2 [R=302] 

I’ve tried with only ‘RewriteEngine on’ and get no error. I’ve tried something really simple like: ‘RewriteRule ^ups/?$ /xyz [R]’ which works perfectly. I’ve tried with and without the Symlinks option. I’ve tried with and without a slash at the beginning of the pattern and with and without a slash at the beginning of the replacement.

It seems like whenever I use ‘complex’ looking regex, it just doesn’t work.

Note: I don’t own this server and can’t change apache config files.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Try to change it to

RewriteRule ^ups/sections/([A-Za-z]{3})/([A-Za-z0-9_+.-]+)/?$ /dl.php?loct=sec&sec=$1&file=$2 [R=302]