I have a really strange problem ok the problem is thus let say I

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Asked: May 25, 20262026-05-25T06:01:47+00:00 2026-05-25T06:01:47+00:00

I have a really strange problem

ok the problem is thus

let say I have this url

If I do base64_encode($_GET['url'])

the results is this

aHR0cDovL3d3dy5maWxlc2VydmUuY29tL2ZpbGUvdkVwQnlwMy9XRlMwMTBDLnBhcnQzLnJhcg==

after applying this rewrite condition

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^file-(.*)-(.*)\.html$ index.php?file=$1&url=$2

The url is like this

now if I do base64_encode($_GET['url'])

the results is this

aHR0cDovd3d3LmZpbGVzZXJ2ZS5jb20vZmlsZS92RXBCeXAzL1dGUzAxMEMucGFydDMucmFy

**Note that the value of $_GET[‘url’] is exactly the same in both cases if printed without encoding!!!!

how come same string giving different results just after using rewrite ?**

Does anyone know whats the problem

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-25T06:01:48+00:00

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You can use base64_decode to see whether they are same.

In fact:

And the second one is
http:/www.fileserve.com/file/vEpByp3/WFS010C.part3.rar

You can see, they are not same.

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