Remove page + query string from URL

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I have an old URL syntax and since I changed my CMS, the old syntax doesn't work anymore and I have a lot of error 404. I want to delete "article.php?p=" here :

http://www.example.com/article.php?p=name_of_my_page

to :

http://www.example.com/name_of_my_page

How can I totally remove the string "article.php?p=" from my URLs with htaccess please ? I tried a lot of things but it seems too difficult for me.

Joe · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-08 11:25:43Z

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To remove article.php?p= use the following:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.php$ /article.php?p=$1 [L]

You can use this as an alternative:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)p=name_of_my_page($|&)
RewriteRule ^article\.php$ /name_of_my_page?&%{QUERY_STRING}

edited Jun 8, 2016 at 11:25

answered Jun 8, 2016 at 11:19

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Olaf Dietsche · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-08 11:53:20Z

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To redirect the old URL to the new one, you must first capture the page's name from the query string with RewriteCond and then use this in RewriteRule

RewriteCond &%{QUERY_STRING}& &p=(.*?)&
RewriteRule ^article\.php$ /%1? [R,L]

answered Jun 8, 2016 at 11:53

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