Rewrite query string

Server NGINX
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Hey folks,

I simply can’t figure out how to rewrite the query string in nginx.
I need to turn urls like foo.php?f=111 into foo.php?111 and similar
things.
From reading past messages in the lists it seems like I can only match
on query string with the “if” but
there’s no way to rewrite the query string itself.
Is that still correct? No workaround available?

Thanks in advance,

thomas

2

Hi Thomas, I’m not clear whether you want to do this as a server-side
rewrite or just redirect the browser, but either way
http://wiki.codemongers.com/NginxHttpRewriteModule
might help.

cheers
i

3

Hi Igor,

thanks for your reply.
Actually I’d need both :).
The problem with the built in rewrite module seems to be that it can’t
rewrite the request arguments (?f=something), only the raw uri (I could
rewrite foo.php to bar.php for example).

Any ideas how to rewrite the query string part?

Regards,

thomas

Igor C. schrieb:

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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 03:26:12PM +0200, Thomas S. wrote:

Hi Igor,

thanks for your reply.
Actually I’d need both :).
The problem with the built in rewrite module seems to be that it can’t
rewrite the request arguments (?f=something), only the raw uri (I could
rewrite foo.php to bar.php for example).

Any ideas how to rewrite the query string part?

What does nginx with PHP - proxy or fastchi ?

You may change $args using:

  if ($args ~ ....) {
      set   $args   ...;
  }
5

Hi Igor,

thanks for your reply.

o rewrite the query string part?

What does nginx with PHP - proxy or fastchi ?

fastcgi, now even running through ngx_http_upstream for multiple
balanced backends - well done with that :).

You may change $args using:

  if ($args ~ ....) {
      set   $args   ...;
  }

and I got access to the matching parts there with $1, $2 and so on?
Sounds like the way to go then, great. Thanks.

Regards,

Thomas

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On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 05:01:34PM +0200, Thomas S. wrote:

Hi Igor,

thanks for your reply.

o rewrite the query string part?

What does nginx with PHP - proxy or fastchi ?

fastcgi, now even running through ngx_http_upstream for multiple
balanced backends - well done with that :).

In FastCGI you may change not just $args, but some your variable and
then use it in

fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $your_var;

proxy requires to change exactly $args.

You may change $args using:

 if ($args ~ ....) {
     set   $args   ...;
 }

and I got access to the matching parts there with $1, $2 and so on?
Sounds like the way to go then, great. Thanks.

Yes.