Clean url in php with two get parameters

Question

I am working on a PHP script that uses clean URIs.

My problem is, that I have one page that first uses no get parameter, then one and at the end two.

The line in the .htaccess file currently looks like this:

 RewriteRule ^birthing-records/([^/]+)/?$ birthing-records.php?url=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

But if I add the second parameter like this:

RewriteRule ^birthing-records/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ birthing-records.php?url=$1&second=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

The script redirects me to the error page.

How do I have to set this up?

Do I need two lines in the .htaccess for that case?

I would normally solve this by simply calling another page but I would like to keep the exact URIs I am using right now because all of those pages are indexed at Google. I would really appreciate any help.

I think you should not use Google as an excuse for not changing URIs or for how you act upon your website, Google will re-index your page within a few days or a few weeks (depending on traffic flow) and Google will benefit from re-indexing if it makes use of more content descriptive URIs — Mm-Art-In
– Mm-Art-In, Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 23:56
“Do I need two lines in the .htaccess for that case?” – of course you do, if you want to catch stuff such as birthing-records/123, because your modified rule now requires that a second slash-something combination follows. (Or you need to make that second occurrence optional as well.) — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Feb 5, 2016 at 0:00

Architect Nate · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-05 00:15:32Z

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You need one rule for each, otherwise whenever you put one param it'll break.

RewriteRule ^birthing-records/([^/]+)/?$ birthing-records.php?url=$1 [QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^birthing-records/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ birthing-records.php?url=$1&second=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

Thanks to @Martin for this note: that the L option of the first one has been removed since the L option indicates the last rule to be run (only one rule can exist with the L option)

Otherwise, as far as I can tell, they each work fine individually, but if you want to accept 1 OR 2 parameters, then two rules is what you need.

You can test htaccess stuff here: http://htaccess.mwl.be/

edited Feb 5, 2016 at 0:15

answered Feb 5, 2016 at 0:02

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Mm-Art-In Over a year ago

Also worth noting that the Last flag has been removed from the non-last RewriteRule, sounds obvious, but people miss those sorta details...

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