htaccess : redirect an image path to a PHP script

Question

I'd like the following image URL

http://www.example.com/image-provider/article/1275449_inline3_scale_700xauto.jpg

to be redirected to the following PHP script that will actually generate the content

http://www.example.com/image-provider?url=article/1275449_inline3_scale_700xauto.jpg

I've tried the following syntax in my .htaccess

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^/image-provider/(.*)$ image-provider?url=$1 [L]

With no success so far:I still get a 404. Is there something wrong in my .htaccess ?

Answer 1

You can use this rule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(image-provider)/(.+)$ $1?url=$2 [L,QSA,NC]

Couple of issues in your rule:

1. Leading slash is not matched in .htaccess
2. You must use .+ to avoid matching /image-provider/ as an URI.