htaccess multiple parameters not working

Question

I'm new with htaccess file, so I'm kindly asking you to help:

In my htaccess file I have next lines:

RewriteEngine on 

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f

RewriteRule ^alpe-adria(.*)$ site/index.php$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^alpe-adria$ site/index.php?box=1&d=3 [L]

So, first I'm trying to set index file, that is in site folder, to show as string above (alpe-adria). Second RewriteRule is my landing page, other pages have same root as seen in the first RewriteRule. When I localy test this rules, my landing page shows as expected (typing localhost/alpe-adria in browser). But then if I want to go to other pages, which have for instance such basic URL:

http://localhost/site/index.php?d=1&box=1&grp=306&level=1

RewriteRule acts OK, rewriting this into

'http://localhost/alpe-adria?d=1&box=1&grp=306&level=1'

but site stil stays on my landing page - like it is written in second RewriteRule

I was also trying to set some more RewriteCond and adding another RewriteRule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^alpe-adria?d=([^/]+)&box=([^/]+)&grp=([^/]+)&level=([^/]+)$ site/index.php?d=$1&box=$2&grp=$3&level=$4

and site stil doesn't change. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for any help :)

Are you sure it's a problem with the .htaccess not your code? What do you mean that the site doesn't change? Maybe it's something in index.php which wrongly recognizes the attributes. — Michal Trojanowski
– Michal Trojanowski, Commented Nov 19, 2013 at 9:41
After dumping $_GET in my index.php I get same parameters as in my landing page (box=1 and d=3) even if I change url to go to my subpages, which have more parameters. Case: URL = http://localhost/alpe-adria?d=1&box=1&grp=3&level=1 _GET dump -> array (size=2) 'box' => string '1' (length=1) 'd' => string '3' (length=1) — neiko
– neiko, Commented Nov 19, 2013 at 9:49
I suspect that second RewriteRule overrides other parameters and so it sticks to these parameters, no matter what I change in URL — neiko
– neiko, Commented Nov 19, 2013 at 10:00

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-19 10:51:16Z

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Why not just use this rule (without any conditions)?

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} box=
RewriteRule ^alpe-adria$ /site/index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^alpe-adria$ /site/index.php?box=1&d=3 [L]

The query string (everything after the ?) will automatically get appended to the end if you don't have a ? in your rule's target. The reason why your rules wasn't working is probably the conditions:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f

RewriteRule ^alpe-adria(.*)$ site/index.php$1 [L]

I'm suspecting that you don't actually have a file called "/alpe-adria.php", thus the condition fails, and thus the rule is never applied (otherwise, that one might have worked).

Your second rule, which has no conditions, is simply:

RewriteRule ^alpe-adria$ site/index.php?box=1&d=3 [L]

And this one doesn't append the query string, since you are hardcoding it to "box=1" and "d=3".

edited Nov 19, 2013 at 10:51

answered Nov 19, 2013 at 10:24

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5 Comments

neiko Over a year ago

After using your first rule - now parameters works only if they are written in url. What I realy want to do is to show my landing page calling only localhost/alpe-adria in url (that's why I hardcoded parameters in second rule) and also show other pages, which have parameters - like localhost/alpe-adria?d=1&box=1&grp=306&level=1. Problem is that my landing page also needs parameters (box=1&d=3) to show itself in browser. I still cannot figure it out how to combine both rewrite rules

Jon Lin Over a year ago

@user3008034 Ah, I see. See the edit above. The problem is that you can't match against the query string in a rewrite rule, only against the %{QUERY_STRING} or %{THE_REQUEST} variables

neiko Over a year ago

One more question: how to single out one variable in %{QUERY_STRING}, so that I can use another RewriteRule for my subpage. I have dificulties to single out parameter grp, which is essential to show subapages to landing page. Correct me if I'm wrong, is it true, if I want to single out two parameters, I just need to add two RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} statements, each finding one parameter? Thanks in advance :)

Jon Lin Over a year ago

@user3008034 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)box=([0-9]+)(&|$) then you can backreference it using %2 (the [0-9] part)

neiko Over a year ago

And if I want to get exactly one variable from parameter (apart from all other parameters), for example grp=something, then I just have to add this RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)grp=something(&|$)?

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