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Asked: 2026-05-27T09:06:52+00:00

I am encountering a problem with a get parameter in conjunction with a htaccess

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I am encountering a problem with a get parameter in conjunction with a htaccess rewrite rule.
Below is the urlencode()’ed link; the rewrite rule I use to redirect to index.php, and lastly, a print_r($_GET) on the index.php.
As you can see, the urlescaped ampersand is not part of the value for variable static, but instead and contrary to my expectation gets interpreted as a variable seperator. Why?

Initial link:

<a href="static/Game-Tech-%26-Arts-Lab">link</a>

.htaccess:

RewriteRule ^static/(.*)$ /index.php?static=$1 [L]

index.php:

Array ( [static] => Game-Tech- [-Arts-Lab] => )
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  1. Editorial Team

    Ah, okay. Interesting. It seems there is a special solution for keeping that ampersand specifically escaped. Use the [B] flag for Rewriterules.

    RewriteRule ^static/(.*)$ /index.php?static=$1 [L,B]

    This is supposed to urlencode special characters when interpolating the $1 placeholder. It only works with Apache 2.2 however I believe.

    Found a few references:

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