Rewrite query string parameter into URL Apache

Question

URL coming into Apache:

localhost:8888/game?level=0

URL that should be coming out of apache:

localhost:8888/level0/game

Could someone kindly help me to create this rewrite ?

Tried to solve it with following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^game\/+(.*?)\?+level=+([0-9]+) /level$2/$1 [L,QSA]

With no luck since it does not match.

Thanks, Peter

You would get more help if you provide what you have attempted to solve this. — hwnd
– hwnd, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 14:25
Are you sure you want that direction of rewriting (making something static look dynamic?) most often rewrite rules are written the other way around. Anyway, in RewriteRule you will be able to match just the url path (with no query string). You need RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ..... to capture query string values, see wiki.apache.org/httpd/RewriteQueryString — guido
– guido, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 14:35
@guido yep, this is the correct direction. So, adding RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} game still does not fix it.. Could you kindly seuggest firther direction ? — Peter
– Peter, Commented Feb 25, 2015 at 14:39

guido · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-25 14:59:23Z

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To be able to capture values from the query string, you need a RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} directive, so that captured group will be available as %n placeholders in the following RewriteRule:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^level=(.*)$
RewriteRule ^game /level%1/game [L]

If you type /game?level=0 in the browser, apache will open /level0/game; no need to append the query string to the rewritten url (QSA flag)

edited Feb 25, 2015 at 14:59

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 14:40

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Peter Over a year ago

This does not seem to work, when I copy paste these settings and open start url I am getting Not Found The requested URL /game was not found on this server. Works with ^game

guido Over a year ago

@Peter what is the start url?

guido Over a year ago

and does a /level0/game file exist under the document root for that context?

guido Over a year ago

@Peter ah sorry, I missed the last Works with ^game part of your first comment, I had a typo

guido Over a year ago

@anubhava yep he got unusual requirement, as you can see I made sure asking in a comment below the question

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-25 14:54:11Z

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You can use this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# external redirect from actual URL to pretty one
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /(game)\?(level)=(\d+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %2%3/%1? [R=302,L,NE]

# internal forward from pretty URL to actual one
RewriteRule ^(level)(\d+)/([^/.]+)/?$ $3?$1=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

answered Feb 25, 2015 at 14:54

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