Hi guys. I'm already using mod-rewrite for search engine friendly URLs, such as:

RewriteRule ^category/(.*)/ browsecats.php?cid=$1

Which basically means that browsecats.php?cid=20 now works as /category/20/

I'm running into issues when trying to use mod-rewrite for words and not just numbers as above. This is my setup:

RewriteRule ^profile/(.*)/ view_profile.php?sb_name=$1

(sb_name is the username). It appears to work on the surface, as all URLs appear as:

profile/username/

However whenever I click on the link it takes me to a URL loop and says it will 'never complete'. So in summary numbers work fine, words do not, why is this???? Any help appreciated as I'm pulling my hair out.

Hi there, you could try the following :

RewriteRule ^profile/(.*[A-Za-z]+)$ /profile/$1/ [R]
RewriteRule ^profile/(.*[A-Za-z]+)/$ /view_profile.php?sb_name=$1

Regards,
Andy