.htaccess - RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200 Not Working -

i writing 301 redirect first time...

objective

i have redirect url

• www.example.com/product/cat/item/product-item

• www.example.com/brand/cat/item/product-item

• www.example.com/cat/item/product-item

to: www.example.com/product/item

item can have values iphone-6-black-3g (having hyphen in them)

htaccess-code

i have made test project , following in htaccess file:

rewriteengine on rewritebase /test/  rewritecond %{env:redirect_status} 200 ### have tested ^. rewriterule ^ - [l]  rewriterule ^(.+)/([^\-]+)-(.+)/?$  $2/$3.php?cat=$2&item=$3 [l,r=301] 

if redirect test.php?cat=$2&item=$3 showing correct values in $2 , $3.

problem

but if redirect $2/$3.php weird things happen.

since new url generated satisfy rule think loop occurs continue until no more match....

to break loop have added %{env:redirect_status} 200, looks not working.

i getting crazy... solution coming head change item format apple_iphone-t etc... having first underscore , hyphen. in way no loop

kindly suggest if can solve hyphen pattern?

you prevent loop adding conditions:

rewriteengine on rewritebase /test/  rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule ^(.+)/([^\-]+)-(.+)/?$  $2/$3.php?cat=$2&item=$3 [l,r=301] 

the reason why %{env:redirect_status} isn't working because using external redirect. you're redirecting browser browser sends whole new request, there's no internal redirecting condition work.