Hello and thanks in advnce for any help....

I have the folowing root structure:
{folder1}
{folder2}
.htaccess
file.php
and the htaccess rule is
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/hotels/([^/]+)-([^/]+)-category\.htm$ file.php?area=$1&island_name=$2&island_name=$3&tna me=$4 [NC,L]

so this will give me : mysite.com/area/island/hotels/island-hotels-category.htm

IF i add the folder {area} in the root folder (where the file.php is), the htaccess rule dont work
** it coniders the last ([^/]+)-([^/]+) part as one (1) variable, thus not being able to query my db.

IF i use (_) insted of (-) in rule (and in links in page), the htaccess rule works fine giving me
mysite.com/area/island/hotels/island_hotels_category.htm

Any ideas on what the problem/conflict may be?