Question

I need php to get a variable from a url even if the mod_rewrite is set.

Mod rewrite as follows

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /*********/

    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d


    #RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php?/$1

</IfModule>

Example url: http://www.example.com/something/somthing/?search=something

On my site it does not read the $_GET varible search at all

Answer 1

Add [QSA] to the end of the RewriteRule line. Standing for Query String Append, it does exactly what it says and appends any previous query string to the rewritten address.