PHP cant see query string from RewriteRule

Question

my .htaccess looks like

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^api/([^/]*)$ /api.php?method=$1 [L,QSA]

my api.php looks like

class API {

    public function __construct()
    {
        require_once('helpers.php');
    }

    public function test()
    {
        dd('hey');
    }

};

$api = new API;
$method = isset( $_GET['method'] ) ? $_GET['method'] : null;

dd($_REQUEST, $_GET);

if( $method && method_exists($api, $method) ){
    $api->{$method}();
}
else {
    exit("Nothing to see here governor.");
}

Yet when i visit the rewritten url e.g. site.com/api/test i see

array (size=0)
  empty

if i change it to /api.php?method=test or /api/test?method=test i get

array (size=1)
  'method' => string 'test' (length=4)

Why is the query string not able to be detected?

The server setup is apache 2.2, php-fmt 5.6

Thanks

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-09 20:10:46Z

1

Since URI starting api is same PHP handler api.php I suspect it is problem of MultiViews.

Turn it off using this line at the start of your .htaccess:

Options -MultiViews

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

answered Dec 9, 2015 at 20:10

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owenmelbz Over a year ago

To confirm, this did fix my issue!

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