The \w typically means match any word. I think it's allowed in mod_rewrite rules.
So this rule says look for /part/ and any word ending in / and find 1 or more of those words ending in / Nate, is that right? Wil Genovese Sr. Web Application Developer/ Systems Administrator 651-894-4238 wilg...@trunkful.com www.trunkful.com On Dec 22, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Mark A. Kruger wrote: > > Nate.... ok... what's the \w/ for? I'm not seeing that in my list of stuff > I can use in the docs. > > Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG > (402) 408-3733 ext 105 > Skype: markakruger > www.cfwebtools.com > www.coldfusionmuse.com > www.necfug.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Strutz [mailto:str...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:53 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: More rewrite rule fun > > > Mark, > > If your regex ^([^/]*)/parts(/)?$ captures anything after the parts/, you > have a bad regex engine. > > You probably want something like this: ^.*/parts/([\w/]+)$ > > Using the same replace pattern, you will end up > with > /controllerScript.cfm?prodtype=product&displayaction=displayProductCategorie > s&model=subcategory1/subcategory2/subcat3 > > Not sure if that's what you're going for, but a bad response is better than > no response from the list ;) > > nathan strutz > [http://www.dopefly.com/] [http://hi.im/nathanstrutz] > > > On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Mark A. Kruger > <mkru...@cfwebtools.com>wrote: > >> >> Ok regex gurus. here's what I have. I'm using IsapiRewrite (Helicon) on an >> IIS server. >> >> >> >> I have links like the following: >> >> >> >> http://domain/model/parts/subcat1/subcat2/subcat3/subcat4/subcat5 >> >> >> >> From 1 to 6 levels of sub categories. >> >> >> >> My rule finds "parts" and the "model" .. So I need a rule that gives me > the >> rest of the url (everything after /parts/) and directs it to my controller >> - >> which figures out what to display. Here's what I have that works for the >> first level.. >> >> >> >> RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/parts(/)?$ >> >> > /controllerScript.cfm?prodtype=product&displayaction=displayProductCategorie >> s&model=$1 [L,QSA] >> >> >> >> >> >> So what do I need to work with subsequent levels. I'm trying to add >> something to the end of /parts(/)?$ . like (/*) or (/)*? . something that >> variablizes the rest of the URL .but I'm falling flat. >> >> >> >> Any rewrite gurus out there know what I'm doing wrong? Will I need a rule >> for each possible level maybe? >> >> >> >> -mark >> >> >> >> >> >> Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG >> >> (402) 408-3733 ext 105 >> >> Skype: markakruger >> >> <http://www.cfwebtools.com> www.cfwebtools.com >> >> <http://www.coldfusionmuse.com> www.coldfusionmuse.com >> >> <http://www.necfug.com/> www.necfug.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:340206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
