RewriteRule - two parameters but last parameter is optional

.htaccess mod-rewrite url-parameters
MacMac picture MacMac · Apr 27, 2011 · Viewed 12.5k times · Source

I cannot rewrite to include two parameters but the last parameter is optional, so for example:

http://www.mywebsite.com/friends/jamie - (the forward slash should be optional too). Which should be the same as this:

http://www.mywebsite.com/friends.php?name=jamie

When including a second parameter

http://www.mywebsite.com/friends/jamie/30 - Should be the same as this:

http://www.mywebsite.com/friends.php?name=jamie&page=30

This rule does not work:

RewriteRule ^friends/(.*)/(.*)$ friends.php?name=$1&page=$2

Because I get this: The requested URL /friends/jamie was not found on this server. but works if I include a page number for the second parameter, so basically the second parameter should be optional.

Answer

clmarquart picture clmarquart · Apr 27, 2011

Try using this rule instead:

RewriteRule ^friends/([^/]*)/?(.*)$ friends.php?name=$1&page=$2

Hope that helps

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