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Let’s make a couple of assumptions first:

- Strict URL setting is enabled.
- “Segment X” is blank/non-existant.

{exp:channel:entries channel="[CHANNEL]" dynamic="no" url_title="{segment_x}" require_entry="yes" limit="1"}

 {if no_results}
  {redirect="404"}
 {/if}

 {url_title}

{/exp:channel:entries}

To my mind this should throw a 404, or at the very least just show a blank template. What in fact happens though, is it spits out the url_title of the last entry in [CHANNEL].

Now; is this expected behaviour (if so it doesn’t seem right), or do I have something weird going on. Checked on a few installs and it seems to behave the same way in all of them.

Having used EE for years on countless installs I can’t quite get my head round why I’m only noticing this now.

What happens if you take out limit=1 ?

I just check it on my install (ee 2.5.2), works just fine:
Status: 404 Page Not Found

just for sure - what do you have for “404 Page” setting?

What happens if you take out limit=1 ?

I get *every* url_title from that channel…

just for sure - what do you have for “404 Page” setting?

Bizarre it’s working for you - utterly bizarre…

My 404 is set to a working 404 page.

I should also add, removing require_entry makes no difference to anything.

Good, just checking….

We’ve now tested this and getting the same behaviour on 3 different hosting environments; bog standard Apache, FastCGI PHP+Apache and Apache+custom worker module, no difference.

Also removed .htaccess, also no difference.

Tested on two currently live EE sites and one brand new fresh install, no difference.

I just tested it on v2.4.0 (20120123):
- if blank - no 404, just last entry
- if some wrong url_title - 404

I just tested it on v2.4.0 (20120123):
- if blank - no 404, just last entry
- if some wrong url_title - 404

Yep, that’s the results I’m seeing - but I’m getting them on 2.5.0 and 2.5.2…

as solution -  put the space before {segment_x} 😊

url_title=" {segment_x}"

So why it is happend:
1. require_entry works only if you have dynamic=“yes” - so in your example is just ignored
2. for blank segment channel is ignore url_title as parameter

I can say that for blank segment case you have next template

{exp:channel:entries channel="[CHANNEL]" dynamic="no" limit="1"}

 {if no_results}
  {redirect="404"}
 {/if}

 {url_title}

{/exp:channel:entries}

That’s interesting, Max - though the space before the segment feels a little “hacky”...! :D

I think the answer for now is that I just wrap the whole channel:entries tag in a conditional that checks the segment is not blank.

I think the answer for now is that I just wrap the whole channel:entries tag in a conditional that checks the segment is not blank.

agree - this is right way

Hey Steve,

Where are you at now? There have been a lot of responses, are you back in business?

Please let me know.

Cheers,