htaccess - Rewrite URLs with query parameter

Question

I have the following rule to rewrite URLs which works for single word parameters. However, it doesn't work if there is a "-" in the variable. How can I modify this to accomplish this?

Old URL: domain.com/medications/?drug=medication-title

New URL: domain.com/medications/medication-title

RewriteRule ^medications/([^/d]+)/?$ medications/?drug=$1 [QSA]

Like I said, it works when there is no "-" in the name, but need it to handle all passed parameters.

Thanks for your help.

This could help you: stackoverflow.com/questions/14379842/… — richerlariviere
– richerlariviere, Commented Jun 3, 2015 at 20:50

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-03 20:59:57Z

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You need to fix your regex by using this rule in root .htaccess:

Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

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

edited Jun 3, 2015 at 20:59

answered Jun 3, 2015 at 20:50

anubhava

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Scott Blair Over a year ago

Unfortunately, this gives me an internal server error. If I add the "d" back into the ([^/d]+) aspects, it will process the single word parameters, but not the ones with the "-".

Scott Blair Over a year ago

After doing some testing, I found a different issue that I missed before. Some of the medication names have a "/" in the title. So, with the rewrite it now treats it as a new subfolder. Is there a way to escape those, change them to a "-" or something along those lines?

anubhava Over a year ago

Hmm that should be covered in a new question as I think that rule will be a bit complex and very different from this one. Once you open a new question I will try to address it there.

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