Can not get variable from .htaccess generated url

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I'm trying to get new url using .htaccess file but I can't get php variable name from the url. .htaccess code is here

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^courses/([a-zA-Z0-9\-\_]+)/$ courses.php?cat-name=$1

php code is

echo $_GET['cat-name'];

But showing error undefined index cat-name. my url is http://www.mywebsite.com/courses/php/. So how can I access the php variable?

Your need to escape the minus, as explained here: stackoverflow.com/questions/14379842/… — colburton
– colburton, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 10:32

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 10:32:15Z

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Looks like you victim of MultiViews options here. Disable it by using:

Options -MultiViews

Option MultiViews is used by Apache's content negotiation module that runs before mod_rewrite and and makes Apache server match extensions of files. So /file can be in URL but it will serve /file.php.

answered Jun 13, 2014 at 10:32

anubhava

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