Mod Rewrite ? on a Shared Host

[PaulinKC]

I am trying to rewrite some dynamic url's for a site that I manage because the url that gets generated looks something like this:

index.php?page=rhinovations&content=Slideshow&type=bathroom&view=slide&album=2

and below is my mod rewrite statements in the .htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule .+\.(js|css|gif|jpe?g|bmp)$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)(?:/(.+))? /index.php?page=$1&content=$2&type=$3&view=$4&album=$5 [L]

But for whatever reason it's not rewriting the url. I have checked the server logs and don't see any error message that would indicate a problem. The page still displays as if the rewrite is not happening.

Any ideas on what the issue might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thank you,

Paul

 

[elgrandeperro]

Are any rewrites happening? Rewrite needs +FileInfo...

 

[PaulinKC]

+FileInfo ?

You mean something like Options +FileInfo needs to be added to the .htaccess file in order for the Rewrite rule to be applied?

When I did that I received a 500 Internal Server Error. I don't have direct access to the httpd.conf either.

 

[elgrandeperro]

AllowOverride must be (I think) turned on httpd.conf, unless it is turned on for a parent directory.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#allowoverride

 

[youradds]

Try a simple one to see if this works:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule test\.html

http://www.google.com

[R]

..and see if that redirects to google.

If it does, then there is something wrong with your rewrite cond. Otherwise, as said before - its probably turned off in httpd.conf

Cheers

Andy