RewriteRule passing url parts through as arguments not coming through to php script-CodePudding

I have a URL

 http://localhost/xxxx/cat/History?randomArg=2

that I want to run

~~http://localhost/xxxx/cat/edit.php?name=History&randomArg=2~~

 http://localhost/xxxx/cat.php?name=History&randomArg=2

(POST EDIT#2 Correction I did originally ask for edit.php but I meant cat.php)

and I have a RewriteRule that works on my live server

RewriteRule "^(.*)xxxx.*/cat/(.*)?(.*)$" $1/xxxx/cat.php?name=$2&t=123$3[QSA]

and when I run a test via the htaccess tester

Firstly, I can't see why $3 (e.g. "randomArg=2") isn't coming through on the https://htaccess.madewithlove.com tester site.

Secondly, I have plugged this into my WAMP environment and although I see cat.php running I don't see the RewriteRule working**

my cat.php code reads:

echo "<LI>_GET[*]:<PRE>" . print_r($_GET, true) . "</PRE>";
echo "<LI>_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME]:<PRE>" . $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . "</PRE>";
echo "<LI>_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]:<PRE>" . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . "</PRE>";

if (isset($_GET['name'])) {
    echo "<LI>GET[name]=<PRE>" . $_GET['name'] . "</PRE>";
    $params = explode("/", $_GET['name']);
    $site = array_shift($params);
    echo "<LI>shifted:[$site]";
}
else echo "<LI>No GET[name]";

if (isset($_GET['t'])) echo "<LI>t:<PRE>" . $_GET['t'] . "</PRE>";
else echo "<LI>No GET[t]";

and the output for http://localhost/xxxx/cat/History?randomArg=2 reads:

_GET[*]:Array
(
    [randomArg] => 2
)
_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME]:/xxxx/cat.php
_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]:/xxxx/cat/History?randomArg=2
No GET[name]
No GET[t]

** But if the rule isn't working then why is cat.php running (as the URL asks for "cat/History"?

(Windows, Apache 2.4.41, PHP5.4)

RewriteRule "^(.*)testHtaccess/(.*)?(.*)$" $1/testHtaccess.php?name=$2&t=123$3[QSA]

... does partially work (it passes "name" through, but still no $3)!

So how can I get my localhost rule to work?

** ADDITIONAL (POST EDIT#1):

For what it's worth, and as it's pointed out by anubhava (below) I notice I have the following httpd-vhosts.conf default settings:

 # Virtual Hosts
 #
 <VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerName localhost
   ServerAlias localhost
   DocumentRoot "${INSTALL_DIR}/www"
   <Directory "${INSTALL_DIR}/www/">
     Options  Indexes  Includes  FollowSymLinks  MultiViews
     AllowOverride All
     Require local
   </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>

MultiViews will explain "cat" turning into "cat.php"

CodePudding user response：

You cannot match query string using RewriteRule (though you don't need to match here).
You appear to have MultiViews (content negotiation service) turned on.

You can use this code in your site root .htaccess:

Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(xxxx/cat)/([\w-] )/?$ $1.php?name=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

Using QSA your original query string will automatically be appended to new target.

CodePudding user response：

Ok - lots of random variation attempts seems [and based on anubhava's very gratefully received persistence] to have found the following works:

RewriteRule "^(cat)/([\w-] )/?.*$" xxxx/cat.php?name=$2&t=12345 [L,QSA,NC]

although https://htaccess.madewithlove.com/ tells me that the rule was not met! :-(

(I wish there was a more scientific way to develop RewriteRules)

So using the rule (above), and running http://localhost/xxxx/cat/Histor5ys?o=91 with the following php:

echo "<LI>_GET[*]:<PRE>" . print_r($_GET, true) . "</PRE>";
echo "<LI>_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME]:<PRE>" . $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] . "</PRE>";
echo "<LI>_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]:<PRE>" . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . "</PRE>";


if (isset($_GET['name'])) {
    echo "<LI>GET[name]=<PRE>" . $_GET['name'] . "</PRE>";
}
else echo "<LI>No GET[name]";


if (isset($_GET['t'])) echo "<LI>t:<PRE>" . $_GET['t'] . "</PRE>";
else echo "<LI>No GET[t]";


if (isset($_GET['o'])) echo "<LI>o:<PRE>" . $_GET['o'] . "</PRE>";
else echo "<LI>No GET[o]";

outputs ...

_GET[*]:Array
(
    [name] => Histor5ys
    [t] => 123456
    [o] => 91
)
_SERVER[SCRIPT_NAME]:/xxxx/cat.php
_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]:/xxxx/cat/Histor5ys?o=91
GET[name]=Histor5ys
shifted:[Histor5ys]
t:123456
o:91