.htaccess rewrite for url parameters?

Question

i have been trying to make my urls "pretty" / human readable, the urls at the moment are:

[BASE_URL]/?action=viewProposal&proposaltitle=tesst

I want to rewrite them to be just [BASE_URL]/tesst

I tried using the following code and modifying it but it wouldn't work, ie. it didn't redirect the pages but didn't throw any errors.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^users/(\d+)*$ ./profile.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^threads/(\d+)*$ ./thread.php?id=$1

RewriteRule ^search/(.*)$ ./search.php?query=$1

Will the PHP GET functions still work properly as ?action defined whether its a view / edit / delete?

Do you want your preety url as /viewProposal/tesst (2 segments) or /tesst ? if it's /tesst then the answer posted bellow should work. — Amit Verma
– Amit Verma, Commented Apr 9, 2017 at 15:16
@starkeen how would this work if a parameter was an id then a slug for example: /viewpost.php?id=2&slug=$1 Would this redirect urls only if the ID is two? if so how could you make it ignore the ID parameter and set the url as /[slug] — Harry-Robinson
– Harry-Robinson, Commented Apr 10, 2017 at 18:06

Abhishek Gurjar · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-09 14:47:39Z

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I am assuming base url your index.php try following rule,

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d

RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)$ index.php?action=viewProposal&proposaltitle=$1 [QSA,L]

edited Apr 9, 2017 at 14:47

answered Apr 9, 2017 at 14:19

Abhishek Gurjar

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Harry-Robinson Over a year ago

That didnt work mate and its on a base url as in google.co.uk/?action=viewProposal&proposaltitle=tesst

Abhishek Gurjar Over a year ago

Still there should be some page to handle the values or not? or are you using some framework?

Harry-Robinson Over a year ago

No it is running on index.php but the urls are displaying as just a / then the parameters Its a custom built CMS for proposals, just working on the pretty URL's at the moment. is there any reason it wouldnt have worked? I did access the urls with index.php but they still didnt redirect.

Harry-Robinson Over a year ago

Thanks that worked but it is returning a 404 error now, here is the URL it is producing google.co.uk/viewProposal/viewProposaltesst

Abhishek Gurjar Over a year ago

Firstly, where are you using the rule why are you showing me the google.co.uk link are you redirecting the page?

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