how to modify .htaccess file to give QUERY_STRING?

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I have the below htaccess file in my website and it was working perfectly for last two years. Recently i migrated the server to a new hosting partner and seems it not working as expected. I have confirmed that the server is supporting mod_rewrite module. And i could see the [QUERY_STRING] => is null what ever URL i specify, and all the URLs are routing to the home page. Can any one tell what i need to modify. i saw a lot many answers in stackoverflow and nothing worked for me. I am just a begginer in this htaccess file.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
Options -Indexes

# REWRITING index.php AS index #
RewriteRule   ^index/?$   index.php  [NC]

# Route The Pages #
RewriteRule   ^index/([{a-z}]+)/?$   index.php?$1  [NC,L]

RewriteRule   ^index/home/([0-9]+)/?$   index.php?home&p_id=$1  [NC,L]
RewriteRule   ^index/page/([{a-z}{\-\}{0-9}]+)/?$   index.php?page&show=$1  [NC,L]

RewriteRule   ^index/gallery/([{image}{video}]+)/?$   index.php?gallery&type=$1  [NC,L]
RewriteRule   ^index/gallery/([{image}{video}]+)/([0-9]+)/?$   index.php?gallery&type=$1&album=$2  [NC,L]

Why do you have curly braces in your pattern? Can you tell me some URLs that are not working? — anubhava
– anubhava, Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 7:03
one of the url is tgmvidyaniketan.edu.in/index/gallery/image — Nevin Thomas
– Nevin Thomas, Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 8:27

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-21 09:52:18Z

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If you are matching video or image then there is no reason to have {video} as { and }will match literally{video}`.

Have your .htaccess this way:

Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

# REWRITING index.php AS index #
RewriteRule ^index/?$ index.php [NC,L]

# Route The Pages #
RewriteRule ^index/([a-z]+)/?$ index.php?$1 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^index/home/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?home&p_id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^index/page/([a-z0-9-]+)/?$ index.php?page&show=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^index/gallery/(image|video)/?$ index.php?gallery&type=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^index/gallery/(image|video)/([0-9]+)/?$ index.php?gallery&type=$1&album=$2 [NC,L,QSA]

edited Aug 21, 2017 at 9:52

answered Aug 21, 2017 at 8:48

anubhava

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Bananaapple Over a year ago

I was just about to post that exact same version - @Ricky you can see a demo here: htaccess.mwl.be?share=680305d4-dc3c-5d94-8016-1f890e9b0220

Nevin Thomas Over a year ago

I have tested and its generating 500 error. My Apache version is 2.2.17

Nevin Thomas Over a year ago

Its worked!!!! Thank you so much brother :) can you tell me what is the difference

anubhava Over a year ago

Option MultiViews (see httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/content-negotiation.html) is used by Apache's content negotiation module that runs before mod_rewrite and makes Apache server match extensions of files. So if /index is the URL then Apache will serve /index.php.

Nevin Thomas Over a year ago

Thanks once again :)

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MrWhite · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-21 09:59:25Z

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
Options -Indexes

The empty query string is consistent with MultiViews being enabled (perhaps as a result of a server update). Try disabling MultiViews at the top of your .htaccess file:

Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

If MultiViews is enabled then a request for /index/<something> would result in an internal subrequest to /index.php/<something> and none of your remaining directives will match.

However, you do still need to update your regex to something like what anubhava suggests, since your current regex is probably matching a lot more than you intend. But your current patterns are ambiguous. For example, what should [{a-z}{\-\}{0-9}]+ match? It looks like you perhaps intended it to be a <letter>-<digit>? However, it currently matches any combination of letters, digits and hyphens (which is how anubhava has interpreted it)?

edited Aug 21, 2017 at 9:59

answered Aug 21, 2017 at 9:46

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Nevin Thomas Over a year ago

Thanks MrWhite. Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews did the work

MrWhite Over a year ago

You're welcome. MultiViews (part of mod_negotiation) is a common cause of conflict with mod_rewrite directives (when referring to files without the file extension).

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