Apache URL rewrite rule and regex

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probably my question duplicate with an other title but, I have read too many title and checked many times with google. So if it duplicates, I am sorry.

Now I have an URL:

www.mysite.com/profile.php

I am using this URL rewrite rule:

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/?$    profile.php?username=$1 [NC,L]

And I can change my url like:

www.mysite.com/username

Then, I need to update my url with an other get parameter:

www.mysite.com/username/photos

At this part, I have an URL like:

www.mysite.com/profile.php?username=xxx&w=photo

I have tried this URL rule for the url for above:

RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/?$/?$    profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [NC,L]

But It does not work. Please help.

Thank you very much.

-------UPDATE------

Now I can use profile.php which It should be. But other rewrite rules are broken. My current .htaccess file like this:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^p/timeline timeline.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^p/notifications notifications.php [NC,L]

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-29 02:33:07Z

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First thing first:

[A-Za-z0-9-_]

is not a correct regex because of unescaped hyphen between 9 and _ in a character class that acts as a range between hex 39 and hex 5f. To fix this make sure to use hyphen at first or last position in a character class.

Correct rules will be:

RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [QSA,L]

Update:

As per your updated question make sure to use generic rule after specific rule. So have your rules like this:

RewriteRule ^p/(notifications|timeline)/?$ $1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [QSA,L]

edited Apr 29, 2015 at 2:33

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 17:22

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Peter · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28 15:12:50Z

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RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/(.+)$    profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)$    profile.php?username=$1 [NC,L]

edited Apr 28, 2015 at 15:12

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 15:02

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Mehmet Over a year ago

It work but again I have a problem. When second get arguments is null, this rule does not work. I want to use mysite.com/username and mysite.com/username/details at the same time. So how many rules should I have?

Panama Jack · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-28 15:20:40Z

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You can just have one rule if you want. I would also add the conditions so that it makes sure it's not a real directory or file.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/?([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)?/?$ /profile.php?username=$1&w=$2 [NC,L]

In your PHP you will just have to check the w parameter to see if it's empty or not. If it's not, display the details also.

answered Apr 28, 2015 at 15:20

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