Avoid .htaccess showing variables at the end of URL

Question

Im having a weird issue here; The following .htaccess works but now (after changing to a dedicated server) it just appends the variable at the end of the url at the browser's address bar; For example:

If I call this.. http://www.mydomain.com/sports

It gets rewrote like this.. :( http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?u=sports

I just want it to stay like exactly like it was called :)

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule .* - [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?u=$1 [NC]

Thanks in advanced!

Also, its adding a this to the end when called for www.mydomain.com: mydomain.com/index.php?u=index.html.var and that "index.html.var" part idk where it comes from :/ — Phobox
– Phobox, Commented Mar 23, 2012 at 6:11

Antonix · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-23 06:18:38Z

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The last rule should look like this:

RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?u=$1 [L,QSA]

[QSA] - When the replacement URI contains a query string, the default behavior of RewriteRule is to discard the existing query string, and replace it with the newly generated one. Using the [QSA] flag causes the query strings to be combined.

[L] - The [L] flag causes mod_rewrite to stop processing the rule set. In most contexts, this means that if the rule matches, no further rules will be processed. This corresponds to the last command in Perl, or the break command in C. Use this flag to indicate that the current rule should be applied immediately without considering further rules.

answered Mar 23, 2012 at 6:18

Antonix

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