Regex Pattern Matching bug in my rewrite

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Hey Guys,

Please help, I'm tipping this issue is due to my intermediate understanding of regex ( I usually get by fine ).

I have the following rule in my .htaccess

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^([edith\.|bertha\.]*)([visual|performing|screen|architecture|design|publishing]+)\.sitename(.+)/? [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /${mapfile_domains:%3}/section-%2.aspx?SectionId=${mapfile_sections:%2} [L]

This examples works fine:
edith.performing.sitename.com it does an internal redirect to the page 'section-performing.aspx?SectionId=x'
edith.visual.sitename.com it does an internal redirect to the page 'section-visual.aspx?SectionId=x'
edith.publishing.sitename.com it does an internal redirect to the page 'section-publishing.aspx?SectionId=x'

However If I go to 'architecture'
edith.architecture.sitename.com it writes to 'section-rchitecture.aspx?SectionId=x' (The 'a' in architecture is dropped??)

If I go to 'design'
edith.design.sitename.com it writes to 'section-sign.aspx?SectionId=x' (The 'de' in design is dropped??)

Can anyone tell me where my stupidity lies...

Errol (^_^)

[ArtsHub Profile]

I'm tipping however that is has something to do with 'edith' containing 'de' which is then negated in my rewrite rule for 'design'
And 'bertha' containing 'a' which is then negated in my rewrite rule for 'architecture'

Am I close???

[ArtsHub Profile]

Haha, I've fixed my own problem, realising my error...

I removed the [] which makes the words literals (Doh)

The rule is now

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(edith\.|bertha\.)*(visual|performing|screen|architecture|design|publishing)+\.sitename(.+)/? [NC]
RewriteRule ^$ /${mapfile_domains:%3}/section-%2.aspx?SectionId=${mapfile_sections:%2} [L]

I hope this helps someone else that has made the same mistake.

Errol (^_^)

[syedshah20 Profile]

Thanks this helps.

These examples are for the entire site, but how can I apply these rules to a single web page?

[ArtsHub Profile]

If you wanted to apply this to a single page, you would mention the page in the RewriteRule

If the page was 'shop/televisions/my-television.html'

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(edith\.|bertha\.)*(visual|performing|screen|architecture|design|publishing)+\.sitename(.+)/? [NC]
RewriteRule ^shop/televisions/my-television\.html$ /${mapfile_domains:%3}/section-%2.aspx?SectionId=${mapfile_sections:%2} [L]

Errol