Question

Using this rewrite rule is giving me a 500. What is wrong with my syntax?

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^microsites/(.*)$ /microsites/index.php?uID=$1 [L]

What I want to do is silently write http://site.com/microsites/anythingatall to http://site.com/microsites/index.php?uID=anythingatall

Edit: the following works and does not throw an error

RewriteRule ^([0-9])$ /microsites/index.php?uID=$1 [L]

// end edit

Thanks for any advice!

Answer 1

The mistake is that microsites/index.php is also matched by ^microsites/(.*)$. Exclude your destination and it should work:

RewriteCond $1 !=index.php
RewriteRule ^microsites/(.*)$ /microsites/index.php?uID=$1 [L]