.htaccess Rewrite

[Waflix]

I have some problems with my .htaccess file. I've tried placing the .htaccess file in my very root and in the folder I actually want it in, but I keep getting a 500 error. Once I delete the file the problem is gone. This is the piece of code I'm using:

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Options +FollowSymlinks

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^edit/([^/]+)/([^/]+) /edit.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [NC]

--

 

And I've also tried this:

--

RewriteEngine on

RewriteRule ^edit/([^/]+)/([^/]+) /edit.php?cat=$1&id=$2 [NC]

--

 

Is this just an error in my script, is this functions turned off somehow, or... could anyone help me?

[anush]

What do you actually need to do,

 

if you can describe that i can solve the problem for you after this month as i have exams till 29th.

[Waflix]

I want to rewrite '/edit.php?cat=reactions&id=1' and '/edit.php?cat=topics&id=84' to '/edit/reactions/1' and '/edit/topics/84'. But whenever I try achieving this with an .htaccess file, I get an Internal Server Error.

[Piotr GRD]

Error 500 very often mean that there is syntax error in the .htaccess file.

 

First thing I recommend you to check is the way you are saving this file. Use pure ascii only, do NOT save it using UTF-8 or Unicode etc., non-ascii characters such as in example BOM (byte order mark) may result with syntax error.

 

 

After you'll resolve your issue with error 500, remember that when being on a virtual host you have to provide RewriteBase when using mod_rewrite.