How to Get Parameters from URL using .htaccess in PHP

Question

How can I show following URL using .htaccess re-write rule with a non ? parameter?

Original URL
http://example.com/index.php?store=1

Desired URL 
http://example.com/1/

OR

Desired URL 
http://example.com/store/1

I am trying following code in .htaccess. What I am missing here?

RewriteEngine On
Options +Followsymlinks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
rewriteRule ^store/(.+)\$ index.php?store=$1 [L]

my index.php file has this code

<?php
$storeid = $_GET['store'];
echo $storeid;
?>

What I am missing here?

jeroen · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-04 02:27:46Z

1

You are escaping your end-of-string character, causing the expression to look for a literal $ sign so it never matches.

You need something like:

rewriteRule ^store/(.+)$ /index.php?store=$1 [L]
                       ^ no back-slash here

or if you want to make sure you only match numbers:

rewriteRule ^store/(\d+)$ /index.php?store=$1 [L]

answered Nov 4, 2014 at 2:27

jeroen

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