Simple Rewrite rule with optional slash

Question

i would simply add a rewrite rule in my htaccess to have this :

http://mysite/toto -> http://mysite/page.php?c=toto

and the same result for:

http://mysite/toto/ -> http://mysite/page.php?c=toto

my htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$  page.php?c=$1  [L]

It works with URL " http://mysite/toto "

but no with URL " http://mysite/toto/ " --> result: http://mysite/page.php?c=toto/

How to fix this ?

Answer 1

OK, so you are running into a "greedy" match, the .* matches everything. What you can do is get every character that is not a / with this:

^([^/] ).

This says:

1. Match start ^
2. Match any character except / : [^/]
3. Reference the step 2 match as $1 the parens do that

This will do what you want. Note that if you have to escape the / character you will need to use /. I do not think you need to with htaccess files.

Answer 2

OK thank you! I try this and it looks to work!

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*[^/])/?$ page.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]

url= http://localhost/toto/ --> result= http://localhost/page.php?c=toto

url= http://localhost/toto --> result= http://localhost/page.php?c=toto