Url Rewriting regex

Question

I have this rule in my .htaccess

RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ ?page=user&id=$1 [L]

It rewrite a url like

http://sitename.ext/nickname

to

http://sitename.ext/?page=user&nickname

The problem is that with a url with dots like http://sitename.ext/nick.name.test i get a 404 error..

I'm not good with regex..

Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 22:04:28Z

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That's because it's not being rewritten. You specificaly told it to exclude ., and that's what it's doing.

Personally, I would favour something like this:

RewriteRule user/(.+) ?page=user&id=$1 [L]

answered Jun 13, 2012 at 22:04

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FThompson Over a year ago

Don't forget to exclude any trailing slash, if present.

Scott Stevens · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-13 22:04:52Z

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If you want to match any character except a slash, the regex is [^/], since the \. will cause it also to not match dots.

Your rule should be

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ ?page=user&id=$1 [L]

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answered Jun 13, 2012 at 22:04

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Fr0z3n Over a year ago

mmh.. The regex i want to make is that must match a-z, A-Z, 0-9, underscores and dots.. and also if is present or not a final shash.. RewriteRule ^([\w\.]+)/?$ ?page=user&id=$1 [L] this may do the job? Thank you..

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