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I need to replace /xyz with /index.html?dh=xyz. I use the following config in httpd.conf:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} "!dh"
RewriteRule "^/(.*)$" "/index.html?dh=$1" [R]

This works perfectly if [R] flag is present, but if I remove it, the query string is missing from the resulting URL. I would like to use the internal rewrite (no [R]). Any ideas?

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  • Your code looks as if it should work, although you'd probably want/need to use the L flag. Do you have any other directives (mod_rewrite, mod_alias)?
    – MrWhite
    Commented Apr 10, 2016 at 8:43
  • "the query string is missing from the resulting URL" - how / where are you reading the query string (URL parameters)?
    – MrWhite
    Commented Apr 10, 2016 at 18:10
  • I don't have any other rewrites or aliases, therefore I have no L flag. Here is the entire index.html: <script> console.log(self.location); </script>
    – TomasJ
    Commented Apr 10, 2016 at 20:06

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Here is the entire index.html: <script> console.log(self.location); </script>

Well, that's the problem. You won't be able to see the rewritten URL (and query string) from client-side JavaScript.

An internal rewrite is entirely internal to the server. JavaScript only sees the initial URL of the request - the URL displayed in the browsers address bar. eg. /xyz.

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    – MrWhite
    Commented Apr 11, 2016 at 7:28

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