Remove index.php? with mod_rewrite

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There are plenty of answers on removing index.php with mod_rewrite in .htaccess but I need to remove index.php? from incoming URLs and rewrite them all, i.e. /index.php?pagename.php to /pagename.php .

Either of these work separately, and they remove index.php

1)

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php?/(.*)$ $1 [R=301,L]

2)

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

But not the ?, as the URLs look like this: example.com/?pagename.php

The issue is that the ? is a special character in regex, so if that's added, I understand that it needs to be escaped. But neither of these work:

1)

RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index.php\??/(.*)$ $1 [R=301,L]

2)

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php\? [NC]
RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php\?/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

How do I correctly escape the ? in index.php? ?

This answer does not work for me; it leaves the ?: Mod_rewrite rule to remove index.php

And beyond that: are there appreciable differences between the two rewrite rules?

Why not example.com/?page=pagename.php then use the page variable?? — Eric
– Eric, Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 18:50
index.php?pagename.php are existing links; I can't change them. — BlueDogRanch
– BlueDogRanch, Commented Jul 25, 2017 at 19:56

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-15 17:34:25Z

1

You can use this rule in site root .htaccess:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(?:index\.php)?\?([^&\s]+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,L]

edited Aug 15, 2017 at 17:34

answered Jul 25, 2017 at 19:14

anubhava

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BlueDogRanch Over a year ago

Nice! Works great. And these are 301 redirects as I see from R=301 ?

BlueDogRanch Over a year ago

Of course, another issue :) It appears that most of the site is indexed by Google as /?PageName.php while also accessible and internally linked as /index.php?PageName.php . Your rule still works, but I tried RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+\?(\S+) [NC] as a second rule below your rule to remove the ?, but my rule appears to redirect all to index.php. Any ideas?

BlueDogRanch Over a year ago

Thanks, I see what you did, but each still redirects to root. Does the second line RewriteRule . /%1? [R=301,L] also need to account for the ? by itself ?

BlueDogRanch Over a year ago

I am trying example.com/?PageName.php Each attempt redirects to root but still shows the ?PageName.php in the browser bar.

BlueDogRanch Over a year ago

Nice! Works great. Thanks! I'll edit my question to include the ? case.

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