Dennis, I've got the rule down to: RewriteRule (;[0-9]*\?)|(;[0-9]*$) / but this is not ideal, as I don't really want to replace the ; with a /, just drop it but can't figure out the syntax for "replace with nothing". Any ideas? Sampsa On 21 Sep 2009, at 22:12, Dennis Boone wrote: Yes, I have reported it to VMS engineering in India about an hour ago (well I assume in India, the guys had subcontinent accents) and they said they'd get back to me. In the meantime, if CSWS has mod_rewrite, you might be able to produce a temporary fix in the form of a rewrite rule that rips the ;* off the end[1] of .php urls. [1] Well, ok, might be the middle too, if it's a GET with parameters, but that's just a slightly more involved pattern. De