Htaccess: How to get Variable form URL?

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I do have a question regarding htaccess. I am trying to do the following:

blabla.com/lala and blabla.com/lulu

lala and lulu are my variables (showing different content on both sites, but it is the same file (example.php).

So what I did in htaccess is:

RewriteRule ^([^&]+)$ example.php?type=$1

But when echoing GET[type] I just get the filename("example.php"). But I want it to show "lala" or "lulu".

It works when I do it like that:

RewriteRule ^blablabla/([^&]+)$ example.php?type=$1

But I just don't need "blablabla" :D

Thanks in advance :)

Using [L] is definitly what you need

Korri
– Korri

2012-10-30 20:27:50 +00:00
Commented Oct 30, 2012 at 20:27 — Korri
– Korri, Commented Oct 30, 2012 at 20:27

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30 20:18:31Z

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But when echoing GET[type] I just get the filename("example.php"). But I want it to show "lala" or "lulu".

This is because rewrite rules loop until the URI going into the rewrite engine is the same one that comes out of the engine. Your regex ^([^&]+)$ is matching the target of your rule (example.php). So you either need conditions to check if the URI isn't already example.php or you check if the request points to a file or directory that doesn't exist:

RerwiteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/example\.php
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ example.php?type=$1 [L,QSA]

or

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ example.php?type=$1 [L,QSA]

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 20:18

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user1774597 Over a year ago

Hi,I tried "RewriteRule ^(.+)$ example.php?type=$1 [L,QSA]". It does work on example.php. But its destroying other pages on the page where I already used it. I already used the following on top of the htaccess: "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$"

Gillian Lo Wong · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30 20:16:32Z

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Try this?

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ example.php?type=$1 [NC,L]

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 20:16

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zerkms Over a year ago

Nope, A-Za-z0-9- would select example

Jon Lin Over a year ago

Also URI's sent through rules in htaccess files have the leading slash stripped off

wesside · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30 20:16:50Z

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RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [L,QSA]

QSA for query string rewrite

answered Oct 30, 2012 at 20:16

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