Apache mod_rewrite query strings

Question

So my staff.php?action=[action] file is rewritten to /staff/[action] where action can take 3 values new/edit/delete.

I want to display success or failure messages on submission. I tried to redirect to /staff/new&error=[error] or /staff/new?error=[error].

However, the var_dump($_GET) only returns the action's query string.

The only solution I found is /staff?action=[action]&error=[error], but I don't like it. Is there any way of rewriting my rules?

I don't want /staff/new/error/[error]

## hide .php extension snippet
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L]
# To internally forward /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]

RewriteRule ^staff/(.+)$ /staff.php?action=$1 [L]

add your rewrite rule, you are probably missing [QSA] , but it's just a guess since there's no code. — Dexa
– Dexa, Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 12:39
I want many things, yet you do not want to show us your rewrite rules? — Matteo Tassinari
– Matteo Tassinari, Commented Jun 6, 2014 at 12:39

Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-06 12:39:02Z

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You can use QSA flag to add query string to your forwarded page

RewriteRule ^staff/(new|edit|delete)$ /staff.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]

answered Jun 6, 2014 at 12:39

Justin Iurman

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Emanuel Vintilă Over a year ago

Alright, but what if somebody types /staff/new&a=b? I will get a 500 Internal Server Error

Justin Iurman Over a year ago

Why would you ? It would be forwarded to /staff.php?action=new&a=b. Anyway you should always check your GET parameters for security reasons. Is there only error parameter that could be added to your query string in this case ? If yes, then a condition can be added to match only that possibility

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