.htaccess RewriteRule duplicate Query string

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I found several topics related to my problem on stackoverflow.com, but I have not found the solution yet.

This is my .htaccess code :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^library-(.*)\.aspx$ index.php?page=library&image=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^information-(.*)\.aspx$ index.php?page=information&text=$1[NC,L,QSA]

Great, the new formatting of URLs works :

https://example.com/library-image5000.aspx or https://example.com/information-sometext.aspx

But, can anyone tell me why the url accept the both of query strings?

https://example.com/library-image5000.aspx/information-sometext.aspx

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-09 17:52:28Z

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This is because your regex pattern ^library-(.*)\.aspx$ also matches the URI /library-image5000.aspx/information-sometext.aspx .

You can use use a restricted pattern instead of the catch-all (.*) . Use ([^/]+)as it matches any characters except / .

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^library-([^/]+)\.aspx$ index.php?page=library&image=$1 [NC,L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^information-([^/]+)\.aspx$ index.php?page=information&text=$1[NC,L,QSA]

answered Mar 9, 2019 at 17:52

Amit Verma

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