title: Why is this mod_rewrite changing the visible URL?
body: <p>Does anyone know why the following rule visibly changes the browser's address bar? I don't want it to.</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (module)=([^&amp;]*)
  RewriteRule ^(.+?)(\/[^\/]+)?$ $1/%1%2? [NE]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It should take a URL like</p>
  
  <p>/module/video/item12345/?module=67890</p>
  
  <p>and do an internal redirect to</p>
  
  <p>/module/video/123456/module67890 (i.e. turn query string syntax into directory syntax)</p>
  
  <p>The redirect happens, but the visible URL is swapped out.</p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts? This is getting annoying... Thanks in advance</p>