mod rewrite and query strings

How to catch the query string to tack on the end.

[bonanza]

I was with the (apparently incorrect) understanding that the following would catch any query string and stick in on the end of the rewritten URL.

RewriteRule ^(.*)-file\.html$ realone.php?key=$1&{query_string}

So that

domain.com/widget-file.html?a=1&b=2

would rewrite to

domain.com/realone.php?key=widget&a=1&b=2

Is the only way to use the rewriteCond to capture the query string first and then have at least two rewrites for the same url (one with a query string, one without)?

thanks

[jdMorgan]

bonanza,

Try this instead:

RewriteRule ^([^-]*)-file\.html$ realone.php?key=$1?%{QUERY_STRING}

Query strings start with "?" and server variables in mod_rewrite are all caps and start with "%{"

Ref: Introduction to mod_rewrite [webmasterworld.com]

HTH,
Jim

[bonanza]

That worked, thanks. I think I may have missed the % in the beginning. I've read a bunch of different mod_rewrite tutorials and docs, but this particular technique is not very often mentioned.

There was already a? at the beginning of the querystring before the first parameter (key=$1) which is why I had the & before %{QUERY_STRING}.