Apache 2 mod_rewrite and PHP. Modify $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] value from htaccess?

Question

I have this .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^hello$ goodbye

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !         


        

Answer 1

First of all you made a mistake of not putting L or PT flag in your first rule. Your code should be like this:

RewriteRule ^hello$ goodbye [PT]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/favicon.ico
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

Once that code is there access this variable in index.php:

$_SERVER["REDIRECT_URL"]

This will have value: /goodbye

EDIT

If you have mod_proxy enabled on your host, you can have your first rule as:

RewriteRule ^hello$ /goodbye [P]

And then you will have: $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"]=/goodbye