I am stuck with a simple regex problem. What I want to do is

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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T13:25:12+00:00 2026-05-26T13:25:12+00:00

I am stuck with a simple regex problem.
What I want to do is to check a URL to see if it contains the word ajax and if it does then match on the URL.

For instance
given URL localhost/ajax/image/get
should match and return localhost/ajax/image/get

However localhost/image/get
should not match.

I’ve basic knowledge of regex but havn’t been able to get anything working for it.

Any suggestions? I’m sure this is quite a simple case.

I am using this for a mod rewrite Rule

The mod rewrite rule is
RewriteRule ^.?\bajax\b.$ ajax.php?url=$1 [PT,L]

It redirects to the ajax.php file but the url values are not preserved.

I have another rule which is a general one as follows
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?url=$1 [PT,L]

When this redirects to index.php it has /public/image/get/ in the url GET value

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-26T13:25:12+00:00

Editorial Team

I solved the issue, the regex i was looking for is
^(.ajax.)$

I had been trying ^(ajax)$ but this doesn’t make sense.

Thanks for help

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