this is what i have in my .htaccess file and it seems to be ok according to log: #.htaccess file Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^(de|en|fr)/welcome/$ welcome/index.php?lang=$1 [L]
and in the log: init rewrite engine with requested uri /se_internet/en/welcome/ pass through /se_internet/en/welcome/ [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] add path info postfix: L:/Webserver/se/internet/en -> L:/Webserver/se/internet/en/welcome/ [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] strip per-dir prefix: L:/Webserver/se/internet/en/welcome/ -> en/welcome/ [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] applying pattern '^(de|en|fr)/welcome/$' to uri 'en/welcome/' [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] rewrite 'en/welcome/' -> 'welcome/index.php?lang=en' split uri=welcome/index.php?lang=en -> uri=welcome/index.php, args=lang=en [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] add per-dir prefix: welcome/index.php -> L:/Webserver/se/internet/welcome/index.php [perdir L:/Webserver/se/internet/] internal redirect with L:/Webserver/se/internet/welcome/index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT] init rewrite engine with requested uri L:/Webserver/se/internet/welcome/index.php pass through L:/Webserver/se/internet/welcome/index.php however i get error message: Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. my welcome/index.php really and physically exists inside the folder "L:/Webserver/se/internet/" so what am i doing wrong ? :-( thx. On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 7:23 PM, Eric Covener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Alain Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > so if i understood well: > > RewriteBase http://my_ip_address/myroot/ > > RewriteRule ^(de|en|fr)/welcome/$ welcome/index.php?lang=$1 [L] > > > > should work ? > > No, the RewriteBase is just the url-path (not protocol/host/post) > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritebase > > welcome/inde.php also has to be valid relative to your htaccess > > > -- > Eric Covener > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Alain ------------------------------------ Windows XP SP3 PostgreSQL 8.2.4 / MS SQL server 2005 Apache 2.2.4 PHP 5.2.4 C# 2005-2008