From memory (a long time ago) you need a [L] on the end of a line to force it to stop

From: development-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:development-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Ashraf Amayreh
Sent: Wednesday, 3 March 2010 8:03 PM
To: development@drupal.org
Subject: Re: [development] mod rewrite rules question

OK. I found one problem. The application is supposed to send a string saying "NULL" when the key is not found rather than a newline. So I changed print "\n" to print "NULL\n".

The problem now is that I'm getting an internal server error. I feel the rule keeps triggering recursively, isn't rules supposed to be a one time pass? Any help appreciated :)

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Ashraf Amayreh <mistknight@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello all,

If this is not the right place for this question I appreciate if someone points me to some resources or mailing lists where I can ask. I have a couple of rewrite rules that simply refuse to work. Without too much noise, I'll post them here:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^apps.example.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*).example.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ${res:%1}/$1 [QSA]

The logic here is:

1. make sure the URL does not start with apps
2. isolate the first part of the URL and send it to an external app: The external app either returns "members/<subdomain>" or nothing. The alternative return values in the app are:
    print "\n"; OR
    print "members/{$subdomain}\n";
3. That's it.

The idea is that if I provide a subdomain such as:
- abc.example.com, I want it to pass through unchanged
- def.example.com should be rewritten to def.example.com/members/def

Am I doing something wrong here? Debugging rewrite rules seems to be something next to impossible so I'm left without many alternatives than to ask someone more knowledgeable than me.

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Ashraf Amayreh
CEO | O-Minds
Cell. 962 78 8099997
Tel. 962 6 5655150
Fax. 962 6 5675150

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web development | web design
user experience | branding design

--
Best Regards,
Ashraf Amayreh
CEO | O-Minds
Cell. 962 78 8099997
Tel. 962 6 5655150
Fax. 962 6 5675150

o-minds.com
web development | web design
user experience | branding design

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