Override rule for number discovery

Question

I am trying to create a rewrite rule that will only determine numbers and forward them accordingly. I want the rewrite rule to be ignored if nothing but numbers.

• /index.php - OK
• / - OK
• /42365 - rewrites to view.php?id=42365

What I still have:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)?$ view.php?id=$1 [L] 

Answer 1

Delete it ? from the end of the group ([0-9]+) , which makes it optional. You must have overwriting numbers:

 RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)$ view.php?id=$1 [L]