.htaccess - htacces rewrite - extend url without modifying query -

i want change:

    /?q=bla

    /search?q=bla

i have placed rule like:

    rewriterule ^search?q=(.*)$ /?q=$1 [l]

but doesn't work, appreciate help, thanks

you can't match query string using pattern inside rewriterule. need match against %{query_string} var inside rewritecond:

rewritecond %{query_string} ^q= rewriterule ^search$ / [l,qsa]

technically, don't need qsa flag, since query strings appended automatically.

DIs