Apache2: ReWrite rule not showing up in address bar? [duplicate]

Question

I have a domain, example.com.

Here is my apache2 ReWrite rule:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?uname=$1 [L]

When I go to http://example.com/Eamorr, http://example.com/Eamorr appears in the address bar of my browser.

I want http://www.example.com/index.php?uname=Eamorr to appear in the address bar! (my javascript needs to parse the GET arguments)

Is this possible?

Many thanks in advance,

Shane Madden · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-07 22:08:53Z

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Add a redirect to that RewriteRule. Change [L] to [R,L].

That'll start a redirect loop, though. You'll likely want to change it to not match index.php.

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 22:08

Shane Madden

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Hey, many thanks for the response. Sorry about the late reply - I fell asleep! How would I change it to not match index.php?
– Eamorr
Sep 8, 2011 at 8:22
Hey, when I changed it to [R,L] and go to example.com/Eamorr, I get example.com/home/eamorr/sites/example.com/www/… in the address bar. It's as if it goes to the document root!
– Eamorr
Sep 8, 2011 at 8:31
@Eamorr Hmm, relative path funkiness. Change your redirect to have the full URL; http://www.example.com/index.php?uname=$1.
– Shane Madden
Sep 8, 2011 at 14:32
It works! Thanks so much! You are my hero for the day!
– Eamorr
Sep 8, 2011 at 14:36

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