POST method was removed after .htaccess apache rewirte - apache

Question

I am having problems with posting POST data after adding .htaccess, here is my .htaccess.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
RewriteRule ^index\.php(.*)$ index.php$1 [NC]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_\#\.]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2&args[2]=$3 [L]
please help me, where i am doing wrong? POST method is not working after the htaccess rules.
thank you.

Answer 1

I just terminated my test, here my explanation, and rulesset you want:
RewriteEngine on
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !=POST
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ index.php [QSA,L,NC]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_\#\.]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2&args[2]=$3 [L]
As you have neither Redirect, nor [R] flag, POSTed data are not lost, only Redirect thows all posted data.
A php script as action of POST can accept both $_POST and $_GET, here your $args remains in $_GET array in PHP. Other posted data are in $_POST.
So please test this in index.php:
<?php
echo "<pre>
\$_GET
";
var_dump($_GET);
echo "</pre>";
echo "<pre>
\$_POST
";
var_dump($_POST);
echo "</pre>";
?>
<form action="souper/ppan/ppm/" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="super" value="man" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
You'll see not only $_POST data, but also $_GET variables shown by index.php.
I've gotten this on Google Chrome:
$_GET
array(1) {
["args"]=>
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(6) "souper"
[1]=>
string(4) "ppan"
[2]=>
string(3) "ppm"
}
}
$_POST
array(2) {
["super"]=>
string(3) "man"
["submit"]=>
string(7) "Valider"
}

Answer 2

RewriteCond is only applicable to very next next RewriteRule.
Have your rules like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} =POST
## don't do anything for POST
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^index\.php(.*)$ index.php$1 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_\#\.]+)[\/]([-a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[\/]$ index.php?args[0]=$1&args[1]=$2&args[2]=$3 [L]