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How to rewrite URLs with htaccess

To rewrite URLs with the .htaccess file, you can follow these steps:

1. Create or edit the .htaccess file: The .htaccess file is a configuration file that controls the behavior of the Apache web server. You can create the .htaccess file in the root directory of your website, or you can edit an existing .htaccess file if you already have one.

2. Enable the mod_rewrite module: The mod_rewrite module is an Apache module that provides the ability to rewrite URLs. To enable this module, you can add the following line to your .htaccess file:

3. Specify the rewrite rules: Once the mod_rewrite module is enabled, you can specify the rewrite rules that will be applied to the URLs of your website. The rewrite rules follow a specific syntax, which consists of a regular expression pattern that matches the original URL, and a replacement string that specifies the new URL. Here is an example of a rewrite rule that will redirect all requests to the /home URL to the /index.php file:

4. Test and debug your rewrite rules: After you have added your rewrite rules to the .htaccess file, you can test them to make sure they are working as expected. You can use a tool like the Apache RewriteRule Tester to test your rules and see the resulting URLs. If you encounter any errors or problems with your rules, you can use the RewriteLog and RewriteLogLevel directives in your .htaccess file to enable logging and debugging, which can help you identify and fix the issues.

5. Save and upload the .htaccess file: Once you are satisfied with your rewrite rules, you can save the .htaccess file and upload it to the root directory of your website. The Apache web server will automatically apply the rewrite rules when it receives requests from clients, and it will redirect the clients to the new URLs that are specified in the rules.

More examples of rewrite rules for htaccess

Here are some more examples of rewrite rules that you can use in your .htaccess file:

1. Redirect a specific URL to a new URL: This rule will redirect all requests to the /about-us URL to the /about.php file.

2. Redirect a URL with a query string to a new URL: This rule will redirect all requests to the /search URL with a query string to the /results.php file, and it will pass the query string parameters to the new URL.

3. Redirect a URL with a wildcard to a new URL: This rule will redirect all requests to URLs that start with /products/ to the /catalog.php file, and it will pass the part of the URL that comes after /products/ to the new URL as a parameter.

4. Redirect a URL with a regular expression to a new URL: This rule will redirect all requests to URLs that match the regular expression pattern /blog/[0-9]+/[a-z]+ to the /post.php file, and it will pass the matched groups from the regular expression to the new URL as parameters.

5. Redirect a URL with a condition to a new URL: This rule will redirect all requests to URLs that do not match the regular expression pattern

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/admin
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /error.php [L]

In this rule, the RewriteCond directive is used to specify a condition that must be met in order for the rule to be applied. In this case, the condition is that the request URL must not match the regular expression pattern /admin, which means that the rule will only be applied to requests that do not start with /admin. If the condition is met, the RewriteRule directive will redirect the request to the /error.php file.

You can customize these examples to suit your specific needs, and you can also combine multiple rewrite rules and conditions to create more complex and powerful rewrite rules.

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