Instead of trying to rewrite the list this way, wouldn't it make more sense to do something like:
^something/(.+) /somefile.cfm?items=$1 Then you could traverse the item list in CF using / as a delimiter, and not have to have multiple rules for the URLS. Of course, that all assumes that the item list is the last bit of the URL, which may or may not be true. --Ben Doom Russ wrote: > The simplest way would be to write a rule for each item up to a max that you > think you'd hit > > RewriteRule ^something/([^/])+/*$ /somefile.cfm?items=$1 > RewriteRule ^something/([^/])+/([^/])+/*$ /somefile.cfm?items=$1,$2 > RewriteRule ^something/([^/])+/([^/])+/([^/])+*$ > /somefile.cfm?items=$1,$2,$3 > > And so on. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Adrian Lynch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 12:03 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: RE: OT - URL Rewriting, an unknown number of items >> >> Sorry, I didn't say what I wanted out the other end... >> >> something/item1/item2/item3 >> >> would become somefile.cfm?items=item1,item2,item3 >> >> The something/somefile parts aren't important, it's the items that I need. >> >> Cheers. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jordan Michaels >> Sent: 29 February 2008 16:59 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: OT - URL Rewriting, an unknown number of items >> >> >> Just to clarify, are you wanting to deal with a list of variables, like >> so: >> >> fruits = orange, apple, pear, etc >> >> Or are you looking for item1, item2, item3 to contain values to >> different variables? >> >> Warm regards, >> Jordan Michaels >> Vivio Technologies >> http://www.viviotech.net/ >> BlueDragon Alliance Member >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Adrian Lynch wrote: >>> Sorry again for the OT. >>> >>> I have a URL in the form: >>> >>> /with/item1/item2/item3/ >>> >>> Where there can be any number of items. >>> >>> Is there a RegEx to deal with this? >>> >>> I could cap the number of items to something acceptable, but either way >>> would be find. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Adrian Lynch >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300203 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
