url rewrite working but on the wrong page

Question

I have a url rewrite working, but I am unsure how I get it so that it is only applicable to the index page of my search folder.

I am using the following code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /search/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

With the following folder structure:

/
    /public_html
        /search
            -index.php (inside search dir)

When I use my above url rewrite I have the following output:

http://blah.com/home/

The only issue is that instead of redirecting to my home folder it goes to the search page and runs a search for home.

My desired output would be:

http://blah.com/search/query

where query is what I am actually searching for.

My current php code inside my search directory index.php:

include('../secure.php');
$search = $_GET['q'];

How do I get it so that the rewrite only happens on the index.php page of my search folder?

Answer 1

Save your .htaccess inside public_html dir with following code :

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule ^search/(.*)$ search/index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]