.htaccess rewrite rule for complex url structures

Question

I have the following URL:

www.example.com/category/news/article-name

I need to drop the category/news and redirect to:

www.example.com/article-name

I have the following RewriteRule working:

RewriteRule ^category/news/(.*)$ https://example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

However, I need to edit the RewriteRule above to allow for the URL below to be loaded without redirecting:

www.example.com/category/news/

Currently this URL redirects to www.example.com

Is this possible?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-07 12:02:47Z

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Just change .* (0 or ore characters) to .+ (1 or more characters) in your rule:

RewriteRule ^category/news/(.+)$ /$1 [R=301,L,NC,NE]

Now it won't affect /category/news/ URL.

Remember to clear your browser cache while testing this change.

answered Oct 7, 2016 at 12:02

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Abhishek Gurjar · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-07 12:00:54Z

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Try Rewriting instead of redirecting, in this case you can call www.example.com/article-name which internally rewrite to www.example.com/category/news/article-name

please check.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond ^([\w-]+)$ category/news/$1 [L]

answered Oct 7, 2016 at 12:00

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richelliot Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer but this didn't work. I got an internal server error. However, this did work: RewriteRule ^category/news/(.+)$ /$1 [R=301,L,NC,NE]

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