Setting Up Path Instead of Query in Apache

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I have what I thought was a very straightforward question, but I can't seem to find the answer.

I have a page that reads in a zip like so: http://blahblah.com/searchbyzip/?90036

The index.php file there then reads in the zip as a query and using PHP code, the value is manipulated...

I want the user to enter the same URL, but without the question mark. So, they should type and see the following instead: http://blahblah.com/searchbyzip/90036

I know there is a way to do as a rewrite in .htaccess file. However, I am not very proficient in Apache rewrite. How would I go about doing this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-12 04:53:53Z

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You can do it like this in your .htaccess:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^searchbyzip/(\d+)$ searchbyzip/?$1

If you need any query strings to be passed through then add [QSA] at the end of the rule, preceded by a space. It considers a valid "zip" to be any number of digits. If this should be changed in some way let me know.

A version to accept a-z (case-insensitive), numbers, underscores or dashes would be:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^searchbyzip/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ searchbyzip/?$1

edited Jan 12, 2017 at 4:53

answered Jan 12, 2017 at 4:07

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PhoenixTech Over a year ago

Thanks. It worked. I had something similar, but not quite that... What if I wanted it to accept non-numerics?

user2493235 Over a year ago

I added a version to demonstrate an option for that. You could add to the character class but remember to keep the hyphen at the end or escape it.

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