htaccess RewriteRule keeps query string

Question

I've got a RewriteRule like this:

RewriteRule ^thesection$ /sections.php [L]
RewriteRule ^thesection/(.*)$ /sections.php?show=$1 [L]

so, if I enter domain.com/thesection -> it works perfect

but!, if I enter domain.com/thesection/hello it redirects to domain.com/thesection?show=hello

I don't know what I'm doing wrong and I've spent hours googling. Please help!

Thanks in advance

What is domain.com/thesection/hello supposed to get rewritten to? — Jon Lin
– Jon Lin, Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 10:33
Hi Jon, domain.com/thesection/hello should be interpreted by the server as domain.com/sections.php?show=hello Thanks! — Marsupial000
– Marsupial000, Commented Dec 9, 2011 at 15:17

Book Of Zeus · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-09 11:26:06Z

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Try this and let me know

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^thesection/?$ /sections.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^thesection/([a-z0-9\-_]+)/?$ /sections.php?show=$1 [L,QSA]

this will redirect domain.com/thesection/hello to sections.php?show=hello

the QSA flag means:

This flag forces the rewrite engine to append a query string part of the substitution string to the existing string, instead of replacing it. Use this when you want to add more data to the query string via a rewrite rule.

so you can add more parameters eg: http://www.domain.com/thesection/hello/?page=1 this will output:

Array (
 [show] => hello
 [page] => 1
)

answered Dec 9, 2011 at 11:26

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Marsupial000 Over a year ago

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but that didn't help. If I enter domain.com/thesection/hello, my browser redirects to domain.com/thesection?show=hello which is not the prettiest url ever seen. :( Thanks anyway, I've learned alot today.

Marsupial000 Over a year ago

Sorry, my bad. I had a configuration mistake. This worked perfectly, thanks!

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