htaccess rules

[moman]

Hello,

In my httpd.conf I currently have the following rules for my forum directory, as per the instructions:

RewriteRule ^/?(ht|af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|en|el|iw|hi|hu|is|id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|sr|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/$ vbenterprisetranslator_seo.php?vbet_lang=$1&redirected=/forums/ [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^/?(ht|af|sq|ar|be|bg|ca|zh-CN|hr|cs|da|nl|et|tl|fi|fr|gl|de|en|el|iw|hi|hu|is|id|ga|it|ja|ko|lv|lt|mk|ms|mt|no|fa|pl|pt|ro|ru|sr|sk|sl|es|sw|sv|zh-TW|th|tr|uk|vi|cy|yi)/(.*)?$ vbenterprisetranslator_seo.php?vbet_lang=$1&redirected=/forums/$2 [L,QSA]

Isn't the first rule completely redundant, however? (.*) should match nothing

[vBET]

Without this you can have issues with forum main page so for URL: http: //YOUR_DOMAIN/forums/
You can check it just by disabling the rule and checking translation for forum main page. It works only for this one.

[moman]

Looks like you're right. Thanks for the reply!

[vBET]

No problem - enjoy vBET!