Rewriting URL with PHP and htaccess

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I'm trying to rewrite some URLs, but am not sure how to do what I need. I am having a hard time finding answers online as well, because it's not just a simple re-write, and I don't know the term to search for.

So I could use some help trying to do this, and would like to know if there is a term that is used for this type of thing.

Basically I want to turn this:

http://www.domain.com/search.php?search_type=news&searchterms=2012-04-23

into this

http://www.domain.com/search/news/2012-04-23

But have the search.php script still work the same and get the variables that it needs.

See the mod-rewrite tag and tag-wiki; specifically example 6 — mario
– mario, Commented Apr 26, 2012 at 19:08

Cal · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-26 19:15:22Z

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Try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^search/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /search.php?search_type=$1&searchterms=$2 [L,QSA]

The [^/]+ matches a sequence of non-slash characters. The QSA option allows URLs like /search/foo/bar?baz=1 to also work.

answered Apr 26, 2012 at 19:15

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orourkek · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-26 19:12:52Z

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If you're looking for a term to search on, try "ModRewrite" or "Rewrite Rules".

I won't give the exact answer, but here's a random similar rule I've got lying around that might help you figure things out:

RewriteRule ^(.*/)help/([0-9]*?)/(.*)(/?)$ /help.php?category=$2 [QSA,L]

answered Apr 26, 2012 at 19:12

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Marco Panichi · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-26 19:13:20Z

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Here you have am amazing guide with lots of examples: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

However, I don't think is a good idea to rewrite the query string of an url.

answered Apr 26, 2012 at 19:13

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