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The actually URL which my app uses is:
http://site.com/search.php?search=iPhone
but I would like it to be possible to achieve the same with
http://site.com/iPhone
I have no experience of rewrite rules, how can I set this up?
The solution has worked but the new URL is displayed in the address bar. I thought it would have been possible to set this up so that it appears as though the page location is
http://site.com/iPhone
without changing to display
http://site.com/search.php?search=iPhone
Is this possible? Thanks.
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Definition of rewrite rule : a rule in a grammar which specifies the constituents of a single symbol.
$1 represents the match from the first set of parentheses in the RewriteRule regex, not in the RewriteCond regex.
RewriteRule specifies the directive. pattern is a regular expression that matches the desired string from the URL, which is what the viewer types in the browser. substitution is the path to the actual URL, i.e. the path of the file Apache servers. flags are optional parameters that can modify how the rule works.
Create a file called .htaccess in the root of your website and put this in it.
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^(.*) search.php?search=$1 [R]
Should do the trick.
I would suggest however that you make it a bit more specific, so maybe require the user of a search directory in your url. eg instead of mysite.com/IPhone use mysite.com/search/IPhone which would work like
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^search/(.*) search.php?search=$1 [R]
This makes it easier to have normal pages that arnt redirected, such as about us or a basic homepage.
As Chris says, this is not PHP but Apache that does this, and whether it works can depend on your hosting setup.
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You need to specify something like this in your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /(.*) /search.php?search=$1
Check also:
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