The ol' rewrite

[gmarik]

Originally Posted by filburt1

Inefficient to query, but also tedious to rewrite. The queryless route:

RewriteRule /forum/medicine /forum/forumdisplay.php?f=56

PHP Code:

RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*)fid/(.*)$ $forumdisplay.php?f=$2
RewriteRule ^/f([0-9]+)/s([^/]+?)$ /forumdisplay.php?f=$1&s=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/t([0-9]+)/s([^/]+?)\.html$ /showthread.php?t=$1&s=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/s([^/])+?/$ /index.php?s=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^chat forumdisplay.php?f=10 


does not work for "chat" ... any ideas what is wrong with the above examples