How to extract a subdirectory with htaccess rewrite

[treacle0996]

For www.domain.com/area/north

I can use:
RewriteRule area\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$ home.php?areasearch=$1 [QSA,L]
to grab 'north' and pass it as a parameter to my home page

But now my url is more like:

http://www.domain.com/area/north/hom...ntshow=listing.....

I can't work out how to get at the 'north' bit without all the stuff afterwards

something like:
RewriteRule area\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$ home.php?areasearch=$1 [QSA,L]
??

I know it should be simple, but I just can't get it to work!
Any help appreciated!

[ServerStorm]

Hi,Your requirements are a little unclear.Do you want www.domain.com/home.php?areasearch=north with www.domain.com/area/north

For www.domain.com/area/northI can use:RewriteRule area\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$ home.php?areasearch=$1 [QSA,L]to grab 'north' and pass it as a parameter to my home pageBut now my url is more like:http://www.domain.com/area/north/hom...ntshow=listing.....I can't work out how to get at the 'north' bit without all the stuff afterwardssomething like:RewriteRule area\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$\/([0-9a-zA-Z_\&\-\ \.\/]+)$ home.php?areasearch=$1 [QSA,L]??I know it should be simple, but I just can't get it to work!Any help appreciated!

[treacle0996]

I want www.domain.com/area/north/home.php to become www.domain.com/home.php?areasearch=north

[treacle0996]

Sorry, been looking at this again - I think my logic was all back to front

I can just extract the bit I need from $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and use that.

[ServerStorm]

Good glad to hear that you found something that suits your needs.