how to remove folder name from url using htaccess

Question

I want to change the URL from:

http://example.com/Portfolios/iPhone/app 

To:

http://example.com/iPhone/app 

And same for all URLs like:

example.com/Portfolios/iPad/app 

To:

example.com/iPad/app 

And from:

example.com/Portfolios/xyz/app 

To:

example.com/xyz/app 

I have tried a lot but nothing is working for me.

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<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>    RewriteEngine on    RewriteRule ^Portfolios(/.*|)$ $1 [L,NC]   </IfModule> 

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews # Turn mod_rewrite on RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /  RewriteRule ^Portfolios/(.*)$ /$1 [L,NC,R] 

Explanation: Above rule is matching URL pattern that starts with Portfolios and have somthing like /Portfolios/xyz/app and puts xyz/app in $1. It makes an external redirection to /$1 i.e. /xyz/app.

These are the flags used:

L  - Last NC - Ignore (No) Case comparison R  - External redirection (with 302) -- can be changed to R=301