how to rewrite URL using .htaccess file?

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I am having problem in rewriting a url using .htaccess file. I am not aware of regex. I have red so many blogs and used online rewrite rule generator to generate url and pasted in .htaccess file. But no one is worked. I have enabled mod_rewrite module in httpd.conf file in apache server.

I want to rewrite a below url.

I have developed project in OS - Win7 with Apache server.

http://localhost:81/quora/tamilnanban/innerpage.php?url=why-you-should-avoid-watching-porn-on-android-smartphones

to

http://localhost:81/quora/tamilnanban/why-you-should-avoid-watching-porn-on-android-smartphones

my current .htaccess file contains below codes:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^.*$ ./index.php
#RewriteRule ^url/([^/]*)\.html$ :81/quora/tamilnanban/innerpage.php?url=$1 [L]

RewriteRule ^/quora/tamilnanban/([^/]*)\.html$ /quora/tamilnanban/innerpage.php?url=$1 [L]

This above rule also not working. Kindly help me to achieve url rewriting using .htaccess file. Also if i am doing any mistakes in the above steps, please correct me. Thanks in advance.

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-27 07:55:55Z

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To convert /quora/tamilnanban/innerpage\.php\?url=foobar" to /quora/tamilnanban/foobar you can use the following rules in /quora/tamilnanban/.htaccess :

RewriteEngine on

#1)Redirect "/quora/tamilnanban/innerpage\.php\?url=foobar" to "/quora/tamilnanban/foobar"#
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /quora/tamilnanban/innerpage\.php\?url=(.+)\sHTTP  [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /quora/tamilnanban/%1? [L,R]
#2)The rule bellow will internally map "/quora/tamilnanban/foobar"" to "/quora/tamilnanban/innerpage\.php?url=foobar"#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^/?(.+)$ /quora/tamilnanban/innerpage\.php?url=$1 [L]

edited Apr 27, 2016 at 7:55

answered Apr 27, 2016 at 6:32

Amit Verma

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8 Comments

Janaki Over a year ago

I have used your code in .htaccess file. Now url is displayed in browser as expected. But the page is redirected to localhost page instead of expected corresponding page. Kindly help me, if anything need to be changed in your code. Thanks.

Amit Verma Over a year ago

@Janaki where exactly should the page redirect to?

Janaki Over a year ago

I will get query string value (url param value) in innnerpage.php and display the page content based on the url value.

Amit Verma Over a year ago

@Janaki the rule already redirects to /innerpage. where is the htaccess located?

Janaki Over a year ago

inside of /tamilnanban folder.

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