How to change a url with htaccess

Question

i have this url:

 merchantstore.php?merchant=100&product=208

that i want to convert to:

/merchant-store-name/product-name

where merchant-store-name replace ?merchant=100 and product-name replace &product=208

How do i do that in htacess file.

You need to be a lot more descriptive. What is $1, $2? What do they map to? — Michael Berkowski
– Michael Berkowski, Commented Aug 15, 2012 at 13:29
Give us an example set of urls (not with placeholders, with some real or close to real values). — poncha
– poncha, Commented Aug 15, 2012 at 13:30
I Have corrected the question and improved my accepted rate as suggested. — jessiPP
– jessiPP, Commented Aug 17, 2012 at 10:43

SáT · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-17 10:57:31Z

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I'd suggest you to use a PHP-based approach. In the .htaccess:

RewriteRule (.*) switchboard.php?orig_uri=$1

This captures the entire requested uri, and kind of forwards it to a central switchboard. Then in the switchboard.php you have access to the requested uri, which you can explode() along '/' signs, then look up the id-s associated with the names in you database.

$components = explode('/', $_GET['orig_uri']);
list( $merchant_name, $product_name ) = $components;

// get merchant id and product id from your database

// and serve suitable content by include-ing:
include 'merchant.php';

This is a simple method, and rather easy to scale. It also has the added advantage that no mod-rewrite magic is required.

Don't forget to add proper error-handling.

answered Aug 17, 2012 at 10:57

SáT

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