Can't get .htaccess to work

[Jack]

I have an OSCommerce shop I am trying to install a chage to. The code is used by many users and I just installed it for someone else on a different host. It works as expected except for on Jaguar.

In my shop, a typical url for a product is
http://excelsior.nocdirect.com/~ptca...products_id=22
The .htaccess entry is supposed to redirect from
http://excelsior.nocdirect.com/~ptca...roduct_22.html
to the above link.

The line in the .htaccess file is
RewriteRule ^product_([1-9][0-9]*)\.html$ product_info.php?&products_id=$1 [L]

For this to work, mod_rewrite has to be on and the httpd.conf file needs AllowOverride All set. Jag assures me both of these are set. But when I try the above link it doesn't work. Jag has been working in it for days to no avail. Does anyone here have any idea why this won't work on Jag servers?

Jack

[Ron]

1) Ensure the proper permissions for .htaccess. (644)
2) The line

RewriteEngine On

should be above the line you want executed
3a) I wonder about the base directory... have you tried it with a direct URL rather than the theserver.nocdirect.com/~domain construct?
3b) Did you try using a RewriteBase command to set the base directory?

What results are you getting, if any? (Look in your error log to see exactly what pages, if any, are being requested)

Good luck!

Another thought: Is there another rewrite line above it that ends with an "L" rule?

[Jack]

3a - This site was set up to test this code in case there was a problem. But I went ahead and installed it on a site with a registered URL and it worked. So apparently it can't resolve the name (maybe the ~)? In any event, it is resolved, sort of. It would be nice to be able to run test code on a test site. I've passed your fix on to Jag so maybe they can figure it out from here. Thank you very much for your help.

Jack

[jason]

The ^ means "from the begining" in a regular expression. If you were resolving through a normal domain name with the cart at the root level of the site, the path your would be trying to mach against would be /product_... and the code wold match fine. Since you have another directory level in there (the username portion), the url becomes /~username/product_..., so the tes you've specified fails and nothing happens. Try either removing the ^ or adding ~username/ to the before and after URLs.

--Jason

[Vin DSL]

...Jag has been working in it for days to no avail. Does anyone here have any idea why this won't work on Jag servers?

Jack

Have you read this? http://forums.oscommerce.com/lofiver...hp/t95197.html