Im trying to get http://beta2.dailywireless.org/?1234 to be equivalent to http://beta2.dailywireless.org/index.php?p=1234 from .htaccess: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.*) RewriteRule .* index.php?p=%1 [L] #RewriteRule . /index.php?p=%1 [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] donp@beta2:/tmp$ more rewrite.log 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (3 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/ -> 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (3 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] applying pattern '.*' to uri '' 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (2 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] rewrite -> index.php?p=1234 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (3 ) split uri=index.php?p=1234 -> uri=index.php, args=p=1234 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (3 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] add per-dir prefix: index.php -> /var/www/beta.dailywireless.or g/index.php 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (2 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] trying to replace prefix /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/ with / 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#826b090/initial] (1 ) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] internal redirect with /index.php [INTERNAL REDIRECT] 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (3) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] strip per-dir prefix: /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/i ndex.php -> index.php 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (3) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] applying pattern '.*' to uri 'index.php' 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (2) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] rewrite index.php -> index.php?p=p=1234 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (3) split uri=index.php?p=p=1234 -> uri=index.php, args=p=p=1234 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (3) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] add per-dir prefix: index.php -> /var/www/beta.dailywir eless.org/index.php 64.122.41.37 - - [27/Oct/2006:12:16:14 --0700] [beta2.dailywireless.org/sid#8144658][rid#8276c98/initial/red ir#1] (1) [per-dir /var/www/beta.dailywireless.org/] initial URL equal rewritten URL: /var/www/beta.dailywir eless.org/index.php [IGNORING REWRITE]