Question

So, I had a question earlier about mod_rewrite which you find here mod_rewrite changing /subpage/ to /subpage

But now I have a whole new problem with this… How do I make GET work?

Like if I need to pass some variables with GET, ex: mypage.com/subpage/?name=Jamie

My mod_rewrite looks like this:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ ?p=$1 [L]

I understand that the problem probably has to do with that I already pass and rewrite one GET request. So how do i tweak this to accept any other GET-request i might need to process?

UPDATE:
To clarify the problem a bit. If I try the url mypage.com/subpage/?name=Jamie page loads as if i used url mypage.com/subpage/ and “name” is never passed. Using my original url mypage.com?p=subpage&name=Jamie works as it should.

I guess i need to tweak this somehow… but how?
Thank you for taking your time reading my probably easy question!

Answer 1

Use the QSA flag — Query String Append:

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-]+)/?$ ?p=$1 [L,QSA]

'qsappend|QSA' (query string append)
This flag forces the rewrite engine to append a query string part of the substitution string to the existing string, instead of replacing it. Use this when you want to add more data to the query string via a rewrite rule.