how to remove folder name from url using htaccess

Question

I want to change the URL from:

http://example.com/Portfolios/iPhone/app

To:

http://example.com/iPhone/app

And same for all URLs like:

example.com/Portfolios/iPad/app

To:

example.com/iPad/app

And from:

example.com/Portfolios/xyz/app

To:

example.com/xyz/app

I have tried a lot but nothing is working for me.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteRule ^Portfolios(/.*|)$ $1 [L,NC]  
</IfModule>

It might help to know that redirects can be cached by the browser, I only just learned it after some hours; stackoverflow.com/questions/4499541/… — wkille
– wkille, Commented Nov 24, 2020 at 13:51

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2022-06-21 11:07:32Z

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Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through Apache config and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^Portfolios/(.*)$ /$1 [L,NC,R=302]

Explanation: Above rule is matching URL pattern that starts with Portfolios and have somthing like /Portfolios/xyz/app and puts xyz/app in $1. It makes an external redirection to /$1 i.e. /xyz/app.

These are the flags used:

L  - Last Rule
NC - Ignore (No) Case comparison
R  - External redirection (with 302)

Once you verify it is working fine, replace R=302 to R=301. Avoid using R=301 (Permanent Redirect) while testing your mod_rewrite rules.

edited Jun 21, 2022 at 11:07

answered Sep 24, 2013 at 4:41

anubhava

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anytime Over a year ago

when I tried RewriteRule ^Portfolios(/.*|)$ $1 [L,NC] there are no effects, when I tried RewriteRule ^Portfolios(/.*|)$ $1 [L,NC,R=301] Its redirecting with folder structure C:/wamp/www/project...

anubhava Over a year ago

@anytime: I believe Portfolios is a folder directly below DOCUMENT_ROOT is that correct?

anytime Over a year ago

@anubhava yes buddy, n thanks for your help :) , I want to enable both the url like:domain.com/Portfolios & domain.com/iPhone/app (redirect from domain.com/Portfolios/iPhone/app)

anubhava Over a year ago

@anytime: Can you try this rule: RewriteRule ^Portfolios/(.*)$ /$1 [L,NC,R] and let me know.

Саша Черных Over a year ago

@anubhava, all right. Now http://kristinita.github.io/Portfolios/app.html successfully open for me, but http://kristinita.github.io/bar/app.html — 404 error. But the author of the question asked on the contrary — that http://kristinita.github.io/bar/app.html file was open. How to do it? Thanks.

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Digant · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-25 07:23:29Z

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You can also set your root directory as /var/www/Portfolios instead of /var/www/ in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled by writing DocumentRoot line as

DocumentRoot /var/www/Portfolios

instead of DocumentRoot /var/www/ and also this line < Directory /var/www/ > changed to

< Directory /var/www/Portfolios/ >

answered Mar 25, 2014 at 7:23

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Fariman Kashani Over a year ago

I get Forbidden: You don't have permission to access this resource. after doing this!

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