Apache mod_rewrite path name as query parameters?

Question

I want to use Apache\'s mod_rewrite in order to be able to take each folder of a path as a particular query parameter, for example consider the following:

Answer 1

With a little bit of work I was able to tweak some regex and get a working rule set for what I wanted:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.*)/(.)?$ product.php?tid=$1&sid=$2&eid=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)/(.)?$ brand.php?tid=$1&sid=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.)?$ shop.php?tid=$1 [L]

This is a bit different to the example, however it's what I intended for in the first place.

This allows for the rewriting of url's up to four folders deep, with the "name" of each folder being given as a parameter, and each additional level of depth rewriting the url to a separate resource for example:

http://x.com/shoes/prada/2011-high-heels/ -> http://x.com/product.php?tid=shoes&sid=prada&eid=2011-high-heels

Tested on http://martinmelin.se/rewrite-rule-tester/