pass multiple variables on .htaccess

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I have this .htaccess

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([0-9A-Za-z]+)/([0-9A-Za-z]+) index.php?category=$2&language=$1&id=$3
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} libwww [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)=http [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ – [F,L]

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

What I am trying to achive is to pass all variables but it seems that I cannot do that. I am quite new in .htaccess stuff so the code might be nonsense. However, I have managed to pass the category and language, but can pass the id.

Thanks

You have only two grouped sub-patterns – so you can’t expect to get three values out of them. — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Sep 11, 2013 at 7:41

Ezekiel Victor · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-11 07:44:12Z

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It would help to study up on Perl regular expressions a tad, which is the RegEx style .htaccess uses. Links to: Apache docs, RegEx info.

Namely, for your first RewriteRule, you only have two subgroups (the parenthetical parts) so $3 is always going to yield empty -- whereas $1 and $2 will match the respective left-to-right ordered groups. Here's a sample of how to match 3 subgroups given your RewriteRule:

RewriteRule ^([0-9A-Za-z]+)/([0-9A-Za-z]+)/([0-9]+) index.php?category=$2&language=$1&id=$3

Notice the third parenthetical part that matches one or more digits -- that matched part will be replaced into the $3 backreference effectively subbing a numerical id in where you want it.

answered Sep 11, 2013 at 7:44

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lStoilov Over a year ago

Thanks, that works fine, but the problem comes from the fact that I have ID only for the news category. the rule now expect to have id or something for all pages otherwise does not open them. Is there a way to make this rule applicable only if category is news?

Ezekiel Victor Over a year ago

Sure, you should make two rules to handle this. The first RewriteRule should be ^.../news/... ... to match news + id param first. Then, the second rule should be ^.../... to match just category + language without an id.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-11 08:00:46Z

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You can have 2 separate rule one without id and one with id:

RewriteRule ^([\da-z]+)/([\da-z]+)/(\d+)/?$ index.php?category=$2&language=$1&id=$3 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^([\da-z]+)/([\da-z]+)/?$ index.php?category=$2&language=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

answered Sep 11, 2013 at 8:00

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hsz · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-11 07:43:22Z

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If your ID is a digit then use following rule:

RewriteRule ^([0-9A-Za-z]+)/([0-9A-Za-z]+)/(\d+) index.php?category=$2&language=$1&id=$3

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Lance · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-11 07:44:17Z

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Try this

RewriteRule ^index/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([0-9]+)$ index.php?language=$1&category=$2&id=$3 [L]

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