RewriteRule to capture whole search string produces empty result

Question

I have the following rule in .htaccess:

RewriteRule ^order(.*)$ /index.php?p=order&product=$1 [L,NC]

It's a simplification because later on I want to add order\?product=(.*)

I access the website with:

http://website.com/order?product=L0231-03868 but in the $_GET I'm only getting this:

Array ( [p] => skonfiguruj-zamowienie [product] => )

The product is empty. What am I missing?

-- edit the moment I add the question mark

RewriteRule ^order\?(.*)$ /index.php?p=order&product=$1 [L,NC]

I get 404

Answer 1

• Your URI doesn't really have anything after order so there is nothing to capture in (.*).
• Use QSA flag to append original query string after rewrite.
• No need to repeat order on both sides.

Suggested rule:

RewriteRule ^(order)/?$ index.php?p=$1 [L,NC,QSA]

Because of QSA flag, your original query string product=L0231-03868 will be appended to p=order and you will get both parameters in php file.

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Note about patter ^order\?(.*)$ generating 404. Remember that a ? will never be part of URI to be matched using RewriteRule hence this pattern containing a ? is guaranteed to always fail.