php - query string gets ignored after mod

i using following rewrite rule in .htaccess file send requests index.php file located @ root:

rewritecond %{request_filename} !-f rewritecond %{request_filename} !-d rewriterule (.*) index.php?q=$1 [l]

as expected, urls example.com/users result in php receiving ["q"]=> string(5) "users" $_get variable.

urls example.com/users?fu=bar on otherhand not result in php receiving

["q"]=> string(5) "users",  ["fu"]=> string(3) "bar"

what happening here, , how modify rule behave way?

you need add original query string:

rewriterule (.*) index.php?q=$1 [l,qsa]                                    ^^^ here

Brande