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bonkerz · 03-24-2010, 10:51 AM

I've taken over management of a corporate website, and it has built in RewriteRules to display products.

So http://www.mywebsite.com/product-1 displays product 1, however the page "product-1" doesn't actually exist.

On top of this, if I went to http://www.mywebsite.com/whateveriput/product-1, the product 1 page would STILL be displayed.

And on top of this, if I put in a fictional page after the domain, such as http://www.mywebsite.com/testing123455, it does not return a 404, instead it displays a page called "products.php" ....

I've had a look at the htaccess and this is whats in it :

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ products.php?$1 [L]

Now, I'm no htaccess expert, but this rule seems a BIT open ended! i.e ANYTHING, that isnt a file or a directory gets rewritten via products.php? Is this right? What could I do to make it less open ended?

Anyway, so I delete this htaccess, and now my products don't work with their rewritten URLS (obviously). So to access them, I would think that all you would have to do is type :

http://www.mywebsite.com/products.php?product-1

and the product would be displayed? However it doesn't...

So how do I find out how to get to my products without the htaccess? I am well confuzzled...

03-24-2010, 10:51 AM	PM User \| #1
bonkerz New to the CF scene Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Weird htaccess rewrite problem I've taken over management of a corporate website, and it has built in RewriteRules to display products. So http://www.mywebsite.com/product-1 displays product 1, however the page "product-1" doesn't actually exist. On top of this, if I went to http://www.mywebsite.com/whateveriput/product-1, the product 1 page would STILL be displayed. And on top of this, if I put in a fictional page after the domain, such as http://www.mywebsite.com/testing123455, it does not return a 404, instead it displays a page called "products.php" .... I've had a look at the htaccess and this is whats in it : Code: RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ products.php?$1 [L] Now, I'm no htaccess expert, but this rule seems a BIT open ended! i.e ANYTHING, that isnt a file or a directory gets rewritten via products.php? Is this right? What could I do to make it less open ended? Anyway, so I delete this htaccess, and now my products don't work with their rewritten URLS (obviously). So to access them, I would think that all you would have to do is type : http://www.mywebsite.com/products.php?product-1 and the product would be displayed? However it doesn't... So how do I find out how to get to my products without the htaccess? I am well confuzzled...