On 1/15/06, Benoni Jose <apache@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Thanks, > > What is an internal re-direct? What I presume happens is that once all the > rewrite rules are processed and we are left with the final URI apache goes to > fetch that and in doing so starts the whole process off again. Is this > right? Not always. Only with certain requests that require it. For example, if you include a page within an ssi page, then you get a sub-request that will reprocess the RerwiteRules. > > If it is then what is happening is that it will loop through the top rule > untill there are no more 'joe's. Then because the pattern doesn't match the > [L] doesn't take effect, so it loops the bottom rule and changes all the > lukes to alans. Right? No, that doesn't sound right. But it is impossible to say with abstract examples like that. Give a real detailed example, and use the RewriteLog. There is no point in talking about mod_rewrite problems without consulting the RewriteLog. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx