RewriteRule .htaccess not working - php

Question

I am facing problem with mod_rewrite ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA] is working fine but after that other RewriteRule dont work i dont know why ... here is my code
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,QSA,NC,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ /cat.php?name=$1 [QSA,L]
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
</IfModule>
If i remove RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA] other RewriteRule works but it dont work with this, how can both work together ?
Please help

Answer 1

Keep your .htaccess like this:
ErrorDocument 404 /index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L,NE]
RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ cat.php?name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>

Answer 2

Simple change order, from:
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ /cat.php?name=$1 [QSA,L]
To:
RewriteRule ^category/(.*)$ /cat.php?name=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA]
Because (.+) will rewrite everithing including cat.php. So when you are trying to access cat.php?name=someName you will get /article.php?pname=cat.php%3Fname%3DsomeName.
You should do following:
RewriteCond $1 !^(cat\.php|someFolder|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [L,QSA]
Or even this:
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT} !-f
RewriteRule !(cat\.php|someFolder|robots\.txt)$ /article.php?pname=$1 [QSA,L]
robots.txt should not to be rewrited.