Question

Ok so here is the problem

I have about 30 or so rewrite rules that look like this:

    RewriteRule ^Frequently-Asked-Questions$ index.cfm?event=faqs-frequently-asked-questions 
    RewriteRule ^faq/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.cfm?event=faq&faqID=$2

So this works great and urls like:

    www.example.com/Frequently-Asked-Questions

or
http://www.example.com/faq/why-wont-this-work/1234

Work perfectly.

The problem is when we try to add URL parameters on TOP of this, so

    www.example.com/Frequently-Asked-Questions?phoneNum=123-345-2322 doesn't work at all.

How can i add these extra url parameters universally across the site?

Answer 1

add the QSA & L flag at the end.

Flag QSA ^{Apache Docs}
Flag L ^{Apache Docs}

RewriteRule ^Frequently-Asked-Questions$ index.cfm?event=faqs-frequently-asked-questions [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^faq/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/([0-9]+)$ index.cfm?event=faq&faqID=$2 [L,QSA]