Shoutbox

Try removing the first slash. It won't match in a per-directory context because mod_rewrite automatically strips off the directory prefix for you.

Lots more info at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule

Also, if you want "test.htm" to be redirected, you'll need to modify the regexp so dot characters are allowed.

code:

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RewriteRule ^hosted/([^/]+)/?$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/hosting.php?file=$1 [R]

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