unique .htaccess question about mod_rewrite and RewriteCond

Question

I have a few rewrite rules like these

RewriteRule ^dir/(.*)-something.html otherdir/file1.php?var1=val&var2=$1 [L,NC]
RewriteRule ^dir/ otherdir/file2.php?var1=val [L,NC]

dir/ is not a real directory. Everything above works as expected.

However, the user is able to type anything like

mysite.com/dir/asdfasdfasdfsdf

And they are still redirected to file2.php. If the user types in just garbage I'd like to serve a 404 instead.

I'm guessing I need a RewiteCond that will test for blank space after the slash and only then serve file2.php, but I'm unsure how to write it.

Answer 1

I think if you put a $ at the end of dir/ it will do the trick (note that I haven't tested this, so please try it out before voting me up or anything). The $ means "end of string" in the same way that ^ means "beginning of string".

RewriteRule ^dir/$ otherdir/file2.php?var1=val [L,NC]

Good luck!

--jed