Question

I’m trying to do sorting passing get value in htaccess to php:

I have sth like:

RewriteRule ^pubs$ pubs.php
RewriteRule ^pubs/beer$ pubs.php?sort=beer

Above code is working fine. Now Im trying to do the same thing for subpages (cities):

RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)$ district.php?name=$1
RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)/beer$ district.php?name=$1&sort=beer

The links look like:
http://www.domain.com/pubs/beer – working ok
http://www.domain.com/pubs/new-york/beer – not working

What I’m doing wrong? If i delete line RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)$ district.php?name=$1 then the link http://www.domain.com/pubs/new-york/beer is working. I spend hours to find solution with no luck. I will be grateful for help.

Answer 1

If i delete line RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)$ district.php?name=$1 then the
link http://www.domain.com/pubs/new-york/beer is working.

because http://www.domain.com/pubs/new-york/beer is matching by

RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)$ district.php?name=$1

resulting in district.php?name=newyork/beer instead of matching

RewriteRule ^pubs/(.*)/beer$ district.php?name=$1&sort=beer

one way you could fix this would be:

RewriteRule ^pubs/([^/]*)$ district.php?name=$1

so if there is an additional slash anywhere after your city the rule will be ignored and proceed to the 2nd rule… just be sure to put it after

RewriteRule ^pubs/beer$ pubs.php?sort=beer

or it will match beer as if it were a city name like district.php?name=beer