Question

OK I don’t know if I am asking something thats been asked before or not because htaccess makes my brain mush out my ears.

My htaccess currently does this:

www.domain.co.uk/index.php?Pram1=Val1&Pram2=Val2

becomes

www.domain.co.uk/Pram1/Val1/Val2

using

RewriteRule ^Pram1/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ /index.php?Pram1=$1&Pram2=$2 [L,QSA]

Huzzar that works BUT when some one goes to:

www.domain.co.uk/Pram1/

I want it to load like a welcome page…. I know how to handle the PHP but dont know how to get the rewrite to to be kind on the blank prams.

Answer 1

I maybe didn’t get your question, but you could do the following:

• Add a new rewrite rule:

  RewriteRule ^Pram1/$ /index.php?Pram1= [L,QSA]
  

This would be the easiest to maintain and the easiest to read. I would go this way.

• Make the other params optional:

  RewriteRule ^Pram1/(?:([^/]*)/([^/]*)/)$ /index.php?Pram1=$1&Pram2=$2 [L,QSA] 
  

This should work (I did not test this). Pram1 and Pram2 would both be in the query string and would, in case of http://www.domain.co.uk/Pram1/ contain an empty string.

But I strongly suggest to use the first version. It might not seem to be too flexible, but it is really easier to maintain.