[Webdev] mod_rewrite errors

[Donncha O Caoimh]

Hi,

I'm trying to get mod_rewrite to work here. I have a rewrite rule in a
directory 

---.htaccess---
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule !\.(gif|jpg|png|css)$ redirect.php
---.htaccess---

and if I make a request to that directory without the ending "/" I get
the following error:

Bad Request

Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

And nothing appears in the error log.

After a google search I changed the rule to the following:

RewriteRule !\.(gif|jpg|png|css)$ /testdir/redirect.php

But now my browser just hangs waiting for the server :|

Can anyone explain what's happening here? Adam, oh rewrite God, do you
know what I'm doing wrong?

Donncha.