mode_rewrite: example.com/münster -> example.com/index.html?city=münster

Question

Like described in the title i would like to have clean URLs with mod_rewrite, sadly i didnt manage to write the fitting regex to get the job done i am experimenting with:

1.try:

RewriteRule ^([a-z]*)$ /index.html?city=$1 [NC,L]

2.try:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.html?city=$1 [NC,L]

But none is working properly, even less when it comes to "üöä"

Answer 1

The second one would be better, however, it'll go in a loop as the redirect to /index.html?city=$1 will be processed as well, and as it matches the RewriteRule it will also be redirected. Something like:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.html?city=$1 [NC,L]

will work better as it ensures it only redirects requests that aren't for existing files or directories. I tried the "münster" example with the above and it redirected as /index.html?city=m%c3%bcnster which may or may not be what you require.

Answer 2

Hey thanks for the fast answer! Its actually for this site: http://www.example.de/ I put your code and it works better than with mine, because no loops! Thanks a lot didnt know how to solve that. but its still not working properly. www.example.de/berlin will show the page but not with "city=berlin" because www.example.de/index.html?city=berlin works. whats still wrong?