Get params not being passed - php

Question

I have an API based application written in slim. I have been testing on my local computer and things have been working OK.
I pushed to the server and I noticed that i cant retrieve the parameters passed via a get request
While debugging, i observed the following
Post requests are working fine
An attempt to use $_GET['param'] fails as i get an undefined index error.
To get a parameter value in slim, i write
$app->request()->get('param');
URL request : {api}/hospital/get_locations?hospital_id=1
var_dump($_GET): array(1) { ["/hospital/get_locations"]=> string(0) "" }
Any pointers as to why this might be happening?
Content of .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -s [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -l [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^.*$ - [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^.*$ index.php [NC,L]

Answer 1

EDIT
There might be a way of getting get request params using the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']. I did a quick test on my localhost and came up with the following. Try it out, might work for you.
php
<?php
// Function
function getParams() {
$params = array();
$urlParts = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
if (isset($urlParts['query'])) {
$query = $urlParts['query'];
if (-1 !== strpos($query, '&')) {
$query = explode('&', $query);
} else {
$query = array($query);
}
foreach ($query as $queryStr) {
list($key, $val) = explode('=', $queryStr);
$params[$key] = $val;
}
}
return $params;
}
// Usage
$params = getParams();
// Debug
echo "<pre>";
print_r($params);
echo "</pre>";
?>
output
Array
(
[hospital_id] => 1
)
.htaccess (similar to yours)
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
</IfModule>