htaccess rule to include two query strings

Question

So I have a url:

www.example.com/?action=viewCategoryName&categoryName=Events&page_identifier=about

And would like to create a rule that would return the page if the following is entered:

'www.example.com/events/about'

Is it possible to write the rule to include the two query strings? I have come up with the below but its not working as expected.

RewriteRule ^$2/([a-z0-9,&-]+)/?$1 ?viewCategoryNameandArticle&categoryName=$2&page_identifier=$1 [L,NC,QSA,B]

Many Thanks! Adam

Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-02 14:30:27Z

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You can use this rule

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /?action=viewCategoryName&categoryName=$1&page_identifier=$2 [L]

answered Sep 2, 2014 at 14:30

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perfect! Will accept your answer in 9 minutes :) Many thanks Justin!!

Would you mind explaining how to include an ambersand/& in the regular expression? I've tried ([^/]+)/([^/],&-+)$

Ampersand (&) is already accepted with my rule. Actually, the pattern [^/]+ means one or more characters except /