htaccess rewriting same page names conflict

Question

My htaccess file has the following two lines

RewriteRule ^payment payment.php
RewriteRule ^payment-confirmed payment-confirmed.php

When trying to access payment-confirmed.php it just goes to payment.php (payment) - I'm guessing this is because it only reads the first word and thinks it has found the location.

Is there a way I can configure my htaccess file to avoid this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 24 '15 at 11:51

Three different ways:

Use Alias instead of Rewrite:

    Alias payment payment.php
    Alias payment-confirmed payment-confirmed.php

Include a $, which means "end of the string":

    RewriteRule ^payment$ payment.php
    RewriteRule ^payment-confirmed$ payment-confirmed.php

Move the lines around, so that the most specific line gets checked first:

    RewriteRule ^payment-confirmed$ payment-confirmed.php
    RewriteRule ^payment$ payment.php

htaccess rewriting same page names conflict

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