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How can I change a url of the following format
example.com/page/1
To
example.com/index.php?page=1
?
When I enter
example.com/page/1
it should redirect to
example.com/index.php?page=1
What changes do I need to do in my .htaccess file?
folder structure is as follows
-Public_html
.htaccess
index.php
Thanks.
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Use this in your public_html/.htaccess file
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9])/?$ /index.php?page=$1 [QSA,NC,L]
RewriteCond checks if the requested filename or directory already exist, RewriteRule will be skipped.
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You can put this code in your htaccess
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)$ index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]
With only this code, you can now access http://example.com/page/55 and see the content of /index.php?page=55 for instance.
But... the thing is, you're still able to access http://example.com/index.php?page=55 and it creates a duplicate content: very bad for referencing (Google, and others).
More info about duplicate content: here.
Solution: you can add another rule to redirect http://example.com/index.php?page=55 to http://example.com/page/55 (without any infinite loop)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/index\.php\?page=([0-9]+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ page/%1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^page/([0-9]+)$ index.php?page=$1 [NC,L]
Note 1: make sure (in Apache configuration file) that you've enabled mod_rewrite and allowed htaccess files.
Note 2: since your rule creates a virtual directory (/page/) you'll have some problem if you're using relative paths for your html resources. Make sure all your links (js, css, images, href, etc) begins with a leading slash (/) or instead, add a base right after <head> html tag: <base href="/">
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