Why is my QUERY_STRING empty?

Question

I am running a server locally. It's Apache2 with PHP. Following are the files that I have written.

.htaccess

ErrorDocument 404 /notFoundError.php

/notFoundError.php

<?php
  echo phpinfo();
?>

When I type some non-existing url http://localhost/this/is/dummy?key=value, it successfully redirects to notFoundError.php and prints the phpinfo table. There I do not find key=value in the _SERVER["QUERY_STRING"] row.

possible duplicate of [how to Pass query string in 404 error redirect through .haccess?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10366139/how-to-pass-query-string-in-404-error-redirect-through-haccess) — hakre, Jul 24 '12 at 01:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Check out how to Pass query string in 404 error redirect through .htaccess? for your answer.

You will need to access $_SERVER['REDIRECT_QUERY_STRING']

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:25

barancw

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:25

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If you are sending to a page which does not exist, a 404 will be invoked. Which is why you are being redirect to notFoundError.php and then displaying its contents?

What are you trying to accomplish?

answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:25

mlishn

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Why is my QUERY_STRING empty?

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