htaccess variables not working with username

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So I have a rewrite rule for user names as follows

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /test/

Options FollowSymLinks
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$

RewriteRule ^/?([A-Z0-9a-z\~\^\(\)_\-\+\{\}\[\]\|:\<\>\.]+)$ index.php?user=$1 [L]

This works fine, and I can echo $_GET['user'] no problem. The issue happens when I add another variable to the rewrite rule as follows -

RewriteRule ^/?([A-Z0-9a-z\~\^\(\)_\-\+\{\}\[\]\|:\<\>\.]+)$/?extra$ index.php?user=$1&system_page=extra [L]

I was hoping to be able to go to http//localhost/test/username/extra and echo $_GET['system_page'] with the result of "extra", but I receive a 404 error instead.

Any help on this much appreciated.

Ben Althauser · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-29 21:26:05Z

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Ok, figured it out. For any of you who run into the same problem, the solution is to remove the "$" after the username definition.

RewriteRule ^/?([A-Z0-9a-z\~\^\(\)_\-\+\{\}\[\]\|:\<\>\.]+)$/?extra$

should instead be -

RewriteRule ^/?([A-Z0-9a-z\~\^\(\)_\-\+\{\}\[\]\|:\<\>\.]+)/?extra$

answered Nov 29, 2013 at 21:26

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