passing a query string to URL using .htaccess

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I am trying to add the page title into the URL. Just like this site does! Basically I want to rewrite the url from

    www.siteurl.co.uk/project-82

to

    www.siteurl.co.uk/project/the-title-of-the-project

The string that is passed from the php to html file is {PROJECT_TITLE}. How would I add this in the .htaccess file? Thanks guys!

EDIT:

This is my .htaccess file

    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /project\.php [NC]
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} id=([0-9]+) [NC]
    RewriteRule . project-%1? [R=301]

kba · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-07 01:08:14Z

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^project/([a-z-]+)/?$ index.php?project_title=$1

With the above .htaccess, when accessing

www.siteurl.co.uk/project/the-title-of-the-project

You will in your PHP script have a variable $_GET['project_title'] containing "the-title-of-the-project".

edited Jan 7, 2012 at 1:08

answered Jan 6, 2012 at 23:34

kba

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5ummer5 Over a year ago

Thanks for the quick reply! I meant change it to www.siteurl.co.uk/project/the-title-of-the-project

5ummer5 Over a year ago

Also in the php I have $page->SetParameter ('PROJECT_TITLE', $project_title); but not &_GET['project_title']. Will that still work?

kba Over a year ago

Since I don't have your source code, I can't tell you if it'll work. But if you use $page->SetParameter ('PROJECT_TITLE', $_GET['project_title'], then it probably will. I have updated my answer.

5ummer5 Over a year ago

Hi, Just tried that but with no luck. It has been playing up all day! I have edited my post with the .htaccess code i currently have.

kba Over a year ago

You have not edited your post with your .htaccess, but that doesn't matter. $page->SetParameter() is not standard PHP functionality, so I have no idea what it does.

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