htaccess mod_rewrite multiple paths to query string

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I've been searching but I can't quite find what I'm after. I'm trying to find an elegant way to redirect my url path to the query string via htaccess and mod_rewrite.

The problem is that the path does not have a fixed amound of sub dirs and could be huge.

i.e. http://example.com/sub1/sub2/sub3/sub4/sub5/sub6/sub7...

Currently I just have a load of rules in my htaccess to capture these...

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/? /index.php?sub[]=$1&sub[]=$2&sub[]=$3&sub[]=$4&sub[]=$5 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/? /index.php?sub[]=$1&sub[]=$2&sub[]=$3&sub[]=$4 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/? /index.php?sub[]=$1&sub[]=$2&sub[]=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/? /index.php?sub[]=$1&sub[]=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/? /index.php?sub[]=$1 [QSA,L]

... but there may be more, anyone know of a way to autoamtically parse these in to the query string?

This would be a lot easier, if you just passed any path to your script, and then exploded that path by / within your script … — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Feb 24, 2015 at 15:04
Thanks, I've tried this already with something like this but I was wondering if it could all be handled in htaccess RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.+)$ /index.php?module=$1&cats=$2 [QSA,L] — Matt Jenkins
– Matt Jenkins, Commented Feb 24, 2015 at 16:15

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-24 15:53:13Z

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If the paramater name is always the same, you could just rely on the rewrite engine to loop through them all:

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.+)$ /$2?sub[]=$1 [L,QSA]

answered Feb 24, 2015 at 15:53

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Matt Jenkins Over a year ago

sorry but I'm not quite following that, I just get a 404 when trying your example

Jon Lin Over a year ago

@MattJenkins it does exactly what you are asking in your question for me: i.sstatic.net/tUxk8.png i.sstatic.net/tUxk8.png

Matt Jenkins Over a year ago

ah, ok yeah I've got it now. Thanks!

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