> Without the L-flag, and after /a has been substituted with /b, the second rule would be tested not against /b but against http://[host]/b, so the result is not /c. This is where my misconception about immediate redirection with the R flag comes from. Should look at the code some more. > RewriteRule /b /c But here the pattern would also match /a/b/d which was not necessarily the intention. Back to RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERRER}<>$1 !(/test/.+)<>\1$ Could you elaborate a little about the syntax ? I have never seen anything like this in the mod_rewrite manual page nor in the URL Rewriting Guide... but it obviously works as far as I can tell from having given it a go. \1 is obviously a back-reference, but <> ? -ascs -----Original Message----- From: Robert Ionescu [mailto:robsiegen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 10:32 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] mod_rewrite Axel-Stéphane SMORGRAV wrote: >> Rules below would be tested, but they wouldn't match unless the pattern starts with scheme + :// + url-path. > > unless the RewriteCond pattern starts with /. The above matches just fine. I meant this hypothetical case RewriteRule ^/a /b [R] RewriteRule ^/b /c Without the L-flag, and after /a has been substituted with /b, the second rule would be tested not against /b but against http://[host]/b, so the result is not /c. So removing the L flag in that case won't change r->filename to /c while using RewriteRule ^/a /b [R] RewriteRule /b /c would now end up in /c and no external redirection takes place at all. -- Robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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