Htaccess error with capturing get variables AND trailing slash

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I have the following in my .htaccess file

    # Use PHP5 Single php.ini as default
    AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5s .php

    Options -Indexes


    # preserve bandwidth for PHP enabled servers
    <ifmodule mod_php4.c>
     php_value zlib.output_compression 16386
    </ifmodule>

    # For security reasons, Option followsymlinks cannot be overridden.
    #Options +FollowSymLinks
    Options +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteRule ^faq/?$ faq.php
    RewriteRule ^about/?$ about.php
    RewriteRule ^portfolio/(.*)$ portfolio.php?p=$1

            #Error Page___NOT found
    ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.php

My portfolio only contains the sections "celebrity","weddings" and "industrial" i.e. only the following pages are valid portfolios:

    mysite.com/portfolio/celebrity
    mysite.com/portfolio/weddings
    mysite.com/portfolio/industrial

I'm having problems with the "portfolio" page in certain situations: When i visit

    "mysite.com/portfolio/celebrity"
    "mysite.com/portfolio/weddings"
    "mysite.com/portfolio/industrial"

everything works fine.If, however, i visit

    "mysite.com/portfolio/celebrity/"
    "mysite.com/portfolio/weddings/"
    "mysite.com/portfolio/industrial/"

(notice the trailing slash),Firefox gives me the following error

    Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

I've tried replacing the last line with

    RewriteRule ^portfolio/(.*)/?$ portfolio.php?p=$1

which doesn't help either, and displays the aforementioned error.

Visiting

    "mysite.com/portfolio/some-non-existent-portfolio"

OR

    "mysite.com/portfolio/some-non-existent-portfolio/"

doesn't redirect to "notfound.php"

Try adding Options -MultiViews

Gerben
– Gerben

2012-03-03 18:21:02 +00:00
Commented Mar 3, 2012 at 18:21 — Gerben
– Gerben, Commented Mar 3, 2012 at 18:21
no, that doesn't solve the problem...any other ideas ?

goingpete
– goingpete

2012-03-03 20:49:08 +00:00
Commented Mar 3, 2012 at 20:49 — goingpete
– goingpete, Commented Mar 3, 2012 at 20:49

goingpete · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-04 10:44:25Z

3

Ok, solved it thanks to this webpage : http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=167839.0

I changed the relevant line to

    RewriteRule ^portfolio/([a-zA-Z]+)/?$ portfolio.php?p=$1

Now everything works perfectly, including showing 'notfound.php' when portfolio type visited is a non-existent one. Hope this helps somebody.

answered Mar 4, 2012 at 10:44

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