.htaccess | Rewrites with pages

Question

So I'm adjusting the URLs on a site I'm working on and I'm having some trouble with a couple of variables being passed in the URL.

mylighting.com/bath-fixture-c-13.html?osCsid=u2qj8o9rvjn0p5pa7p8npuhs54
RewriteRule ^bath-fixture bath-fixture-c-13.html?id=$1

So this Rewrite works perfect as the page that comes up is mylighting.com/bath-fixture

Now unfortunately on that page there are several other items to view and I'm having some trouble with the page variable. I think I have the code correct but every time I try to go to the correct page it doesn't seem to work.

http://mylighting.com/bath-fixture-c-13.html?page=2&id=u0hnumfus6gjhjc45av36663m3
RewriteRule ^bath-fixture/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ bath-fixture-c-13.html?page=$1&id=$2

So I thought I had this correct but apparently not. I would like the output to be mylighting.com/bath-fixture/2 for the second page.

Unfortunately with that code in the .htaccess, every time I input that URL it takes me to the first page of the category and not the second like it should.

Answer 1

It appears that you have misunderstood the format of the RewriteRule. The first one is working by accident.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}  page=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^bath-fixture-c-13.html bath-fixture/%1 [R=301,QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^bath-fixture-c-13.html bath-fixture/ [R=301,QSA,L]

The first argument to RewriteRule is the regex to match against the requested URL. The second argument is the URL to send as a Redirect to the user, so they end up at your desired URL instead. Because you want to parse the QUERY_STRING I believe you need to use a RewriteCond. If you are doing this for SEO purposes do not forget to add the [R=301].

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

If you are trying to go the other direction then you need the following.

RewriteRule ^bath-fixture/$ bath-fixture-c-13.html [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^bath-fixture/([0-9]+) bath-fixture-c-13.html?page=$1 [QSA,L]

If you can clarify your desired inputs and outputs you will get correct answers much more quickly.