Migrating URLs starting with index.php

[Valery]

Hi everybody!

I am migrating a Joomla site and I am having troubles with Joomla's URLs.

Joomla links look like this: www.example.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80

I have set up my prependTemplateFile to detect GET variables that Joomla uses, and redirect to PW pages:

// Example: index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80
if ($input->get('option') && $input->get('id')) {
    $j_article_id = $input->get->int('id');
    $target = $pages->findOne("j_migration_id=$j_article_id"); // `j_migration_id` is the field where Joomla IDs are stored     
    if ($target->id != 0) {
        $session->redirect($target->url());        
    }    
    else {
        $session->redirect($target->url());        
    }
}

The problem I am having is this: the above code works fine with any template but home.php

But when a Joomla URL is called from the root of the site, PW simply redirects to the root page.

For instance, www.example.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80 redirects me to www.example.com

While www.example.com/some-page-with-custom-template/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=80 does what expected: redirects to the right page (e.g. www.example.com/some-page-with-custom-template/some-page/)

The question is: does either the root page or the home template have there any exceptions for GET variables processing?