Rewriting URL to Query String

Question

I know how to rewrite in the reverse direction and process the Query String, but I need to create one query string parameter based on the tag or category, in lowercase. Therefore, I can user the query string as search parameter in my page:

e.g.

news/tag/Shipping/ ==> http://www.example.com/news/?tag=shipping
news/category/Other/ ==> http://www.example.com/news/?category=other

Tried

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^news/([^/]*)$ /?tag=$1 [L]

Thank you.

Can you share what you have tried?

Amit Verma
– Amit Verma

2017-04-14 06:26:58 +00:00
Commented Apr 14, 2017 at 6:26 — Amit Verma
– Amit Verma, Commented Apr 14, 2017 at 6:26

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-14 07:04:25Z

1

You need 2 rewrite rules.

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^news/([\w-]+)/?$ news/?tag=$1 [L,QSA,NC]

RewriteRule ^news/([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ news/?$1=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

answered Apr 14, 2017 at 7:04

anubhava

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Barton Over a year ago

Anyway that Tag or Category could just be assumed to be in the same position in the URL and the final part of the URL is the variable part. I only added Tag to my code to try and make it work correctly. @anubhava.

anubhava Over a year ago

In the 2nd rule you can notice that both 2nd and 3rd parts are variables. That should work for all the cases. If you have a different requirement then edit the question with examples.

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