Desperation is taking hold so I'm putting this out there again. I've done more research, but haven't found anything that really provides a solid answer - even if that answer is a definitive "it can't be done."
I can't believe no one's ever run into this problem before. Thanks again. -- Rob Wilkerson On 9/26/06, Rob Wilkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, I can do thqt, but if the original URI contains, for example, > an ampersand (e.g. /path/to/My Resume & Cover Letter.doc) then > nothing works. I was hoping to pass it behind the curtain (which you > can do with PHP) and read it from there. > > On Sep 26, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Russ wrote: > > > Hmm... not sure if you'll be able to get the original url into > > request_uri, > > but you should be able to append it as a parameter > > > > RewriteRule ^/(.*) /my/landingpage.cfm?url=$1 [PT] > > > > > > Something like that should work. > > > > Russ > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Rob Wilkerson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 3:45 PM > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: RewriteRule and REQUEST_URI > >> > >> Has anyone had any luck using mod_rewrite and then accessing the > >> originally requested URI via CGI.REQUEST_URI. I can see that the > >> value is not documented (and won't dump), but it does evaluate. > >> Unfortunately for me it appears to evaluate to the redirected URI > >> rather than the original. > >> > >> Anyone had this problem and or gotten around it? > >> > >> My RewriteRule looks like this: > >> > >> RewriteRule ^/(.*) /my/landingpage.cfm [PT] > >> > >> When I display #GCI.REQUEST_URI#, though, I get "/my/ > >> landingpage.cfm". > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Rob Wilkerson > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

