cms:joomla/php5.4.12/apache2.4.4/wampserver I want to send a date parameter from homepage to a page (for example /archives.html) via GET method in php/apache The clean URL of the link is: 127.0.0.1/archives.html/2014-5-17 Code (markup): So I have to redirect this to (for sending via GET method): 127.0.0.1/?option=com_archives&date=2014-5-17 Code (markup): by this htaccess code: RewriteRule ^(archives\.html)/([0-9-]+)/?$ /$1/?option=com_arcives&date=$2 [L,NC,QSA,R] Code (markup): The problem is that the beginning URL is a clean URL but the destination َURL is not. I used R flah and R flag it doesn't change the URL in browser (changes only internally) but for me do not work that rule! why? how can I reslove this problem? How can I have in source and destination a same clean URL and also send parameters to the destination?