.htaccess rewrite url when using get values

Question

I'm trying to turn http://www.placeholder.com/lala.php?fname=bob into http://placeholder.com/lala/bob

      <form action="lala.php" method="get">
    Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
    <input type="submit">
    </form> 
Welcome <?php echo $_GET["fname"]; ?>.<br>

I tried this on the .htaccess, but nothing happened

Redirect 302 /lala.php?fname=bob http://www.placeholder.com/lala/bob.php

Is this possible?

Just to clarify, which URL do you want the user to see in their browser? — Malcolm Diggs
– Malcolm Diggs, Commented Aug 9, 2013 at 1:09

goodMan · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09 01:57:36Z

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If you want to send visitors from http://www.starsqa.com/lala/bob to http://www.starsqa.com/lala.php?fname=bob:

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala/bob$ /lala.php?fname=bob [L,QSA]
 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala/bob/$ /lala.php?fname=bob [L]

If you want a general pattern where fname can be any name, try this:

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala/([a-zA-Z0-9:\@.\-\+]{1,100})$ /lala.php?fname=$1 [L,QSA]
 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala/([a-zA-Z0-9:\@.\-\+]{1,100})/$ /lala.php?fname=$1 [L]

If instead you want to send visitors from http://www.starsqa.com/lala.php?fname=bob to http://www.starsqa.com/lala/bob :

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala.php?fname=bob$ /lala/bob [L]

And similarly, a more general pattern for this would be:

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/lala.php?fname=([a-zA-Z0-9:\@.\-\+]{1,100})$ /lala.php/$1 [L]

Last Example (sending a user from starsQA.com/jen-lilley-contact to starsQA.com/contact-id=6) :

 RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
 RewriteRule ^/jen-lilley-contact$ /contact-id=6 [L]

By the way, do not forget to restart Apache.

How to restart Apache depends on your platform configuration. What OS are you running it on?

edited Aug 9, 2013 at 1:57

answered Aug 9, 2013 at 1:29

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goodMan Over a year ago

What I have written as the answer will work if a user were to type starsqa.com/lala/bob but instead you want to redirect the request to starsqa.com/lala.php?fname=bob. Are you saying you want the reverse of that? That is, you want the users to type starsqa.com/lala.php?fname=bob instead?

JenStar23 Over a year ago

i can add it under this stuff right? Options -MultiViews RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L,QSA]

JenStar23 Over a year ago

how do i reset apache on a live site?

JenStar23 Over a year ago

os = windows and the site is live and not on a visual server like xampp

Jonathan · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09 01:24:03Z

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You need to look into mod_rewrite, see example and explanation here: http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2009/01/apache-query-string-redirects/

Something like

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/lala\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^fname=bob$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.starsQA.com/lala/bob.php [R=302,QSD,L]

edited Aug 9, 2013 at 1:24

answered Aug 9, 2013 at 1:12

Jonathan

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JenStar23 Over a year ago

made no change to the url sadly

Jonathan Over a year ago

Yea, that is the part that you want

Jonathan Over a year ago

Have a look at the QSD flag, httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/flags.html

castis · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-09 01:36:36Z

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RewriteRule ^/lala/(.*)$ /lala.php?fname=$1 [R=302,L]

opposite?

RewriteRule ^/lala.php?fname=(.*)$ /lala/$1.php [R=302,L]

edited Aug 9, 2013 at 1:36

answered Aug 9, 2013 at 1:12

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