How to access $_GET while using mod_rewrite

Hi there, I am using mod_rewrite which makes it impossible to use the $_GET function. However, it should be possible to do the same with a function. I figured out how to get the parameter string out of the url, now I am stuck in splitting those values into associated array elements. Here is what it looks like: cc=br&pr=04&lcarray=1&idarray=816083 Has anybody an idea on how to put this into an array to make it accesible like this: $para[cc] $para[pr] etc. Thanx for any ideas on that, Merlin