URL Rewriting: regular expression with strings

Question

I have a problem rewriting strings in the .htaccess file.

For letters I successfully used

    RewriteRule page/([0-9]+)$ page.php?num=$1

I tried on the same model to use:

    RewriteRule page/([a-z]+)/$ page.php?word=$word

were word can be a string from any length. I am expecting for example page/hello to be rewritten in page.php?word=hello. But this is not functional.

Thank you for your help.

$1 refers to group number 1: the regex enclosed within (). So in both cases you should use $1. Say for example you got user/([0-9]+)/([a-z]+)/?$ then you can use page.php?id=$1&name=$2. — HamZa
– HamZa, Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 13:12
@Martin Arguably, it could be a duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/20563772/… — HamZa
– HamZa, Commented Jan 11, 2016 at 13:21

HamZa · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-11 13:19:22Z

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$1 refers to group number 1: the regex enclosed within (). So in both cases you should use $1.

To clear up the confusion, lets give another example. Say you got

user/([0-9]+)/([a-z]+)/?$

then you can use

page.php?id=$1&name=$2

$1 refers to ([0-9]+) and $2 refers to ([a-z]+)

answered Jan 11, 2016 at 13:19

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michltm Over a year ago

Ok great, thanks, I hadn't realized that $1 was refering to the group number.

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