RewriteRule for specific Query String

Question

I’d like to use .htaccess to rewrite a URL like this

https://example.com/pages/games/demons-souls/?page=mods

to look like this

https://example.com/games/demons-souls/mods

I managed to hide the pages folder in the URL with this code:

Options +MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

# Rewrite "/games/<anything>" to "/pages/games/<anything>"
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/pages/games
RewriteRule ^games($|/.*) pages/$0

But I need a proper RewriteRule for the Query String. I tried this but it didn’t work ...

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)$ $1/index.php?page=$2 [L,QSA]

I’d really appreciate some help.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-11 15:38:25Z

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You can have it like this:

Options +MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

# Rewrite "/games/<foo>/<bar>" to "/pages/games/<foo>/?page=<bar>"
RewriteRule ^(games/[\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ pages/$1/?page=$2 [L,NC,QSA]

# Rewrite "/games/<anything>" to "/pages/games/<anything>"
RewriteRule ^games($|/.*) pages/$0 [L,NC]

answered Mar 11, 2022 at 15:38

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Boris Bär Over a year ago

Hey, thank you, man. It works perfectly. I wanted to add that I discovered this RewriteRule of mine RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)$ $1/index.php?page=$2 [L,QSA] also works if you put it in a new .htaccess file located directly inside the game subfolder. It would be here: /pages/games/.htaccess. I just wanted people to know.

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