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Question

how to make a regex for ? and = in javascript?

I want something from

http://localhost/search?search=words

to

http://localhost/search/search/words

(?search=) to (/search/)

<script>
var ss = "http://localhost/search?search=words".replace("/\?search\=/g", "/search/");
document.write(ss);
</script>

BTW: just some prastic, not a htaccss rewrite. Thanks.

Answer 1

Almost there! = is not a special character and does not need to be escaped. In addition, regex strings are not wrapped by quotes. So:

"http://localhost/search?search=words".replace(/\?search=/g, "/search/");

Answer 2

How about

str.replace(/[?=]/g, "/");

Do note that it's probably better to make a function to understand the url structure and rebuild it properly, that will produce a much more healthy, robust code, rather then a simple replacement.