URL Rewrite - Multiple query

Question

I am trying to see how I can achieve the following rewrite rules.

From

https://localhost/site/?page=place&place=west
https://localhost/site/?page=location&location=cityname

To

https://localhost/site/place/west
https://localhost/site/location/city

I am able to change https://localhost/site/?page=place to https://localhost/site/place but not with another additional query as mentioned above.

htaccess

 RewriteEngine On
 #Redirect /site/?page=foobar to /site/foobar
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /site/(?:index\.php)?\?page=(.+)\sHTTP [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /site/%1? [L,R]
# Internally rewrite new path to the original one
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(?:site/)?(.+)/?$ /site/?page=$1 [L,QSA]

The above htaccess works for the following which is what I also need.

https://localhost/site/place
https://localhost/site/about
https://localhost/site/contact

Answer 1

With your shown attempts, please try following htaccess rules file. Make sure to clear your browser cache before testing your URLs. New rules are clubbed to your already existing rules.

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteBase /site/
##New rules from here......
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/site/?\?page=([^&]*)&place=([^&]*)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /site/%1/%2? [R=301,L]

# Internally rewrite new path to the original one
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^site/([^/]*)/(.*)/?$ index.php?page=$1&location=$2 [NC,QSA,L]