Does htaccess intercept pass two variables or one dependent if available?

Question

I want to pass the first directory as a variable and the subdirectory as another variable.

It works when for urls with both directories (/ something / something2), but I get a 404 error when I try with only one (/ something).

RewriteRule ([^/]+)/([^/]+) /posts/?category2=$1&category2=$2 [L,QSA]

How can I only pass category1 if category2 is not available?

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lisovaccaro 26 Mar 12 at 8:43

2 answers

Maybe try this:

RewriteRule ([^/]+)(/([^/]+))? /posts/?category2=$1&category2=$3 [L,QSA]

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piotrekkr 26 Mar 12 at 8:50

LazyOne · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-26T08:51:34+0000

Several solutions:

A few rules (easier to understand, but a little slower):

RewriteRule ^([^/]+) /posts/?category2=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+) /posts/?category2=$1&category2=$2 [L,QSA]

Uniform rule:

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)(/([^/]+))? /posts/?category2=$1&category2=$3 [L,QSA]

Here the second part of the URL (/ something2) is optional. Please note: $ 2 has been changed to $ 3.