change php page url using htaccess

Question

I want to change the url from

http://mywebsite/address.php?state=oh&office_id=1425

to

http://mywebsite/office/{variable inside my php page}.php

appreciate if you can help me

Josh Foskett · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 21:27:03Z

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This should work:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^office/([0-9]+).php$ address.php?state=oh&office_id=$1

Which would result in:

http://expample.com/office/1425.php

Or if you'd like the state to be dynamic as well, you could do this:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^office/([a-zA-Z]+)/([0-9]+).php$ address.php?state=$1&office_id=$2

Which would result in:

http://expample.com/office/oh/1425.php

answered Nov 15, 2011 at 21:19

Josh Foskett

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Thanks Josh, my php variable is the office name (one word), how htaccess will show this?

+1 for the answer. Just I think the state must also be part of the URL and passed as param to the script.

Updated, hopefully it's better worded now.

Many thanks for you all, if I passed the statename to the url, what is the final htaccess line should I use

@Pipo You'd use the second one if you wanted the GET variable of state to be dynamic.

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Laurynas · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-15 21:19:46Z

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I would suggest to have a look at mod_rewrite Apache module. You can do various URL manipulations with it.

Beginner's guide:

answered Nov 15, 2011 at 21:19

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