Two-digit back-references in ISAPI_Rewrite and Ape

We’ve planned to implement it for a long time and eventually it’s done.

In ISAPI_Rewrite 3.1.0.70 and Ape 3.0.0.32 one can have more than 9 submatches and consequently more than 9 back-references in both RewriteCond and RewriteRule (RewriteProxy, RewriteHeader) statements.

The syntax to address these submatches is illustrated in the following example:

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id1=(\d+)&id2=(\d+)&...&id10=(\d+)&id11=(\d+)$
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)...
  .../([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$
    %1/%2/%3/%4/%5/%6/%7/%8/%9/%%10/%%11?id1=$1&id2=$2&...&id10=$$10&id11=$$11 [L]

Note! This syntax is not supported in Apache.

Note! We highly recommend to avoid rules like that (as they indicate your URLs are not really SEO-friendly), but if there’s no other way out, do use it.

We believe this small bit of functionality will save you time and efforts.

Best regards,
Anton, Helicon Tech Team