.htaccess help

Okay, well I've given up, Google has let me down.. I'm creating a .htaccess mod_rewrite for my site, and it doesn't seem to be working at all. Whenever I try to access the folder or any subfolder in the directory I placed it in, it isn't working.

I have a local setup, so if you guys think it has to do with my XAMPP installation and my httd.conf file, just let me know.

I think my syntax is correct, and as far as I know, that's the only reason why I would be getting a 500 error. Any ideas?

As far as I know, there's no need to escape the forward slashes in the RewriteRule.

RewriteEngine on RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^view/category/([0-9]+)/$ view.php?type=category&id=$1 [R=301,L]

I would probably try that as Salathe correctly said you dont need to escape the slashes.

And, is there any point in using: RewriteBase / ?

Some people use: RewriteBase / - Garrett, but it's not needed because it all works the same.

Not sure if that was a question really.

I can't personally suggest anything, looks like its covered and that should work.