Redirect using mod_rewrite

Question

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options +Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^haveg/employer/([0-9]+)/(.*) haveg/employer.php?msg_id=$1

It works fine when i use

http://localhost/haveg/employer/7003/the-message-title
or
http://localhost/haveg/employer/7003/

The problem is here http://localhost/haveg/employer/7003 because i removed the forward slash at the end. it gives page not found error.

Answer 1

RewriteRule ^haveg/employer/([0-9]+)/?(.*) haveg/employer.php?msg_id=$1

I think adding a questionmark should allow it to match.

Answer 2

I suggest you add another RewriteRule to make your intention clear. In this code the first rule handles the case when the URL ending with digits followed by an optional slash (when the msg_id query field is blank), and the second applies where there is a message following the digits.

RewriteRule ^haveg/employer/([0-9]+)/?$ haveg/employer.php?msg_id=
RewriteRule ^haveg/employer/([0-9]+)/([^/]+)$ haveg/employer.php?msg_id=$1 [L]

Answer 3

Try changing your last line to

RewriteRule ^haveg/employer/([0-9]+)([^0-9]*) haveg/employer.php?msg_id=$1

This should accept both cases.