display username in url instead of id using .htaccess

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i have already look for this How to create user profiles with PHP and MySQL and this profile username in URL instead of user ID and the others as well. but it is still not working for me. My current url when the user view his/her profile is like this http://localhost/sn/profile.php?id=1 now what i want for the url is to be like this http://localhost/sn/myusername i know this is maybe a duplicate but still any answer didn't work for me so far :( any help please? Thanks in advance.

This is what i have tried in my .htaccess

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ http://localhost/sn/profile.php?id=$1

Where is located your htaccess ? In your sn directory or in document root directory ? — Justin Iurman
– Justin Iurman, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 17:58
it is located inside the sn folder together with my index.php and profile.php — Pengun
– Pengun, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 18:00

Justin Iurman · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-08 18:01:17Z

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Your htaccess code should be as follow:

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ profile.php?id=$1 [L]

Note that you have to change logic in profile.php to get user by username (and not by ID anymore)

answered Feb 8, 2014 at 18:01

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Pengun Over a year ago

what do you mean by that sir?

Justin Iurman Over a year ago

An example: you want to reach http://localhost/sn/Pengun which is internally redirected to profile.php?id=Pengun. Before, your php page was receiving ID but now it is username

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