Question

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I can’t figure out how to remove a query string from URL, redirect to another URL and pass that query string to a PHP script:

RewriteRule ^shopping/paypal/([0-9A-Za-z]*)?$ https://myserver.com/shopping/? [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^shopping/$ php/shopping.php [QSA,L]

Basically, when I get the following request:

https://myserver.com/shopping/paypal/?token=EC-3L827812DL640424T

I want it to redirect to:

https://myserver.com/shopping/

and since /shopping/ is a “virtual” directory, I want it to pass the token key and map to:

php/shopping.php?token=EC-3L827812DL640424T

Please advise. Thanks!

Answer 1

I’d suggest you use an intermediate PHP script like this:

RewriteRule ^shopping/paypal/([0-9A-Za-z]*)?$ php/savetoken.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^shopping/$ php/shopping.php [L]

where in savetoken.php:

<?php
    session_start();
    $_SESSION['token'] = $_GET['token'];
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently"); //without this PHP issues a 302
    header('Location: shopping/');
    exit;

Then in shopping.php you start the session and read the token value from it (and maybe delete it from the session, to prevent it from popping up in the future)