#I have this .htaccess file definition:

ErrorDocument 401 /myerror.html
ErrorDocument 403 /myerror.html

RewriteEngine On

#  Recommends
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^recommends
RewriteRule ^recommends/(.+) recommends.php?id=$1 [L,PT]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(awstats|sitemap.xml|recommends)
RewriteRule . /index.php [L,PT]

I get the following rewrite.log in /tmp/ when i try to access mydomain.com/recommends/test

[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] add path-info postfix: /home/public_html/recommends -> /home/public_html/recommends/test
[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] strip per-dir prefix: /home/public_html/recommends/test -> recommends/test
[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] applying pattern '^recommends/(.+)' to uri 'recommends/test'
[rid#8239d24/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='/recommends/test' pattern='^recommends' => not-matched
[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] add path-info postfix: /home/public_html/recommends -> /home/public_html/recommends/test
[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] strip per-dir prefix: /home/public_html/recommends/test -> recommends/test
[rid#8239d24/initial] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] applying pattern '.' to uri 'recommends/test'
[rid#8239d24/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='/home/public_html/recommends' pattern='!-f' => matched
[rid#8239d24/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='/home/public_html/recommends' pattern='!-d' => matched
[rid#8239d24/initial] (4) RewriteCond: input='/recommends/test' pattern='!(awstats|sitemap.xml|recommends)' => not-matched
[rid#8239d24/initial] (1) [per-dir /home/public_html/] pass through /home/public_html/recommends
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] strip per-dir prefix: /home/public_html/404.shtml -> 404.shtml
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] applying pattern '^recommends/(.+)' to uri '404.shtml'
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] strip per-dir prefix: /home/public_html/404.shtml -> 404.shtml
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (3) [per-dir /home/public_html/] applying pattern '.' to uri '404.shtml'
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (4) RewriteCond: input='/home/public_html/404.shtml' pattern='!-f' => matched
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (4) RewriteCond: input='/home/public_html/404.shtml' pattern='!-d' => matched
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (4) RewriteCond: input='/404.shtml' pattern='!(awstats|sitemap.xml|recommends)' => matched
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (2) [per-dir /home/public_html/] rewrite 404.shtml -> /index.php
[rid#824197c/initial/redir#1] (2) forcing '/index.php' to get passed through to next API URI-to-filename handler