mod_rewrite returns file name as opposed to value

Question

I'm try to create a clean URL turning http://www.example.com/view/index.php?id=12345 into http://www.example.com/view/12345 by adding the following to my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^view/([^/]*)$ view/index.php?id=$1 [L]

This returns the file name index.php as opposed to 12345 however. My error log is clear and I can't see what could be the issue here - any ideas?

Answer 1

You need a conditional match there

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(?:GET|POST)\ /view/([^/\s?]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ view/index.php?id=%1 [L]