htaccess - rewrite cond/rule for parameters, but keep extra parameters

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Current htaccess block :

# redirect "/search/location.php?state=x&city=x&name=x" to "/search/state/city/name/"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/search/location.php\?state=(.+)&city=(.+)&name=(.+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /search/%1/%2/%3/? [R=301,L]
#### internally rewrite "/search/state/city/name/" to "/search/location.php?state=x&city=x&name=x"
RewriteRule ^search/(.+)/(.+)/(.+)/$ /search/location.php?state=$1&city=$2&name=$3 [L]

https://example.com/search/location.php?state=florida&city=Orlando&name=test

correctly redirects to https://example.com/search/florida/orlando/test/

https://example.com/search/location.php?state=florida&city=Orlando&name=test&something=something

incorrectly redirects to https://example.com/search/florida/orlando/test&something=something/

What I want to achieve is redirecting to https://example.com/search/florida/orlando/test/?something=something

What am I missing here? Keep in mind I am doing an internal as well.

Your desired URL https://example.com/search/florida/orlando/test/&something=something does not really make sense. There is no query string in there, but an ampersand notation. — arkascha
– arkascha, Commented Oct 11 at 9:15
About the actual issue: you explicitly implemented everything after name= to be accepted as parameter value for name. So that is what happens. I would suggest to change the matching pattern to something like that: \s/search/location.php\?state=([^&]+)&city=([^&]+)&name=([^&]+)(.*)\s, whoch captures anything following the name parameter value as a fourth capture group which you then can use however you like. — arkascha
– arkascha, Commented Oct 11 at 9:18
That should have been https://example.com/search/florida/orlando/test/?something=something as desired url. Sorry for the mistake. — user756659
– user756659, Commented Oct 11 at 10:59

user756659 · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-11 11:39:47Z

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I was able to get this working how I wished for anyone interested. It handles any 'extra' parameters both ways.

# redirect "/search/location.php?state=x&city=x&name=x" to "/search/state/city/name/"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/search/location\.php\?state=([^&]+)&city=([^&]+)&name=([^&]+)(&(.*))?\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /search/%1/%2/%3/?%5 [R=301,L]
#### internally rewrite "/search/state/city/name/" to "/search/location.php?state=x&city=x&name=x"
RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ search/location.php?state=$1&city=$2&name=$3 [L,QSA]

answered Oct 11 at 11:39

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