Question

I have this code:

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d  
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f        
RewriteRule ^articles(/\w+)$ ./search_page.php?mode=full_article&id=$1

the matter is to redirect all incoming urls like:
articles/XX
into:

search_page.php?mode=full_article&id=XX

the problem is that I get the “XX” with a “\”.. that says, I get my id like this:
id=\XX
not
id=XX
why is that and how to fix it?

Answer 1

You match everything after articles so the slash is included in your id. When you use articles/ it doesn’t include the slash because you match everything after it:

RewriteRule ^articles\/(\w+)$ ./search_page.php?mode=full_article&id=$1

So your sulition matches like this: articlesYOURID (www.youdomain.tld/articlesYOURID)

Now it matches this way: articles/YOURID (www.youdomain.tld/articles/YOURID)