Htaccess: Language Detection Among with clean URL - .htaccess

This might be a very simple question but i have search thru the forum without finding a answer that suits me. It might have been there if I could lay the puzzle from different threads, but rewrite rules aren't my best side.
So the problem:
I want to write a RewriteRule that both cleans the url and puts the language detection before the file.
I have looked at questions like .htaccess for language detection, redirecting + clean urls and .htaccess rule for language detection from the forum.
With these two combined i made a solutions that works sometimes and sometime not.
My structure: domain.com/subfolder/news.php?lang=en
What i want is: domain.com/subfolder/en/news
My code so far:
RewriteBase /subfolder/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Language Detection
RewriteRule ^(en|sv)/(.*)$ $2?lang=$1 [QSA,L]
## Remove .php extensions
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]`
This did work on some paths, but not on all (they had the same structure).
How should i make this solution?
Thanks in advanced!

Try with:
RewriteBase /subfolder/
# Language Detection
RewriteRule ^(en|sv)/(.*)$ $2?lang=$1 [NC,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
## Remove .php extensions
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]

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When trying to hiding file extensions in URL the index file doesn't work anymore

I've been trying to make adding the '.php' file extension optional in URLs.
So if I had an URL like 'www.example.com/page.php', 'www.example.com/page' would also work. And I managed to do it (this article and this StackOverflow question is where I tried to take solutions from).
Here for example is the solution I found on the article page:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
But there was a problem, because I had an URL that was like 'www.example.com/articles/index.php'. While 'www.example.com/articles/index' worked, 'www.example.com/articles' would no longer lead to the index page, even after I tried to add a DirectoryIndex (with values like 'index.php' or even just 'index').
Is there some other way to hide a file extension like '.php', while still making the index file work as intended?
You can use:
Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)/?$ $1.php [L]
Who tests if the php file exists
You can do this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^.]+)$ $1.php [NE,L]
Only one file test instead of three, so more efficient than the other answer.

rewriting url with .htacces cause files not to be found

In general, I am trying to understand how .htaccess works. I would highly appreciate it if anyone points me in the right direction. I have been trying to make the following url (with optional parameters) pretty.
mysite/v1.0/foldername
mysite/v1.0/foldername/param1/
mysite/v1.0/foldername/param1/param2/etc
I tried the following:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ foldername.php [QSA,L]
the problem is that when I get it to pass the parameters it can no longer get the resources. It seems to have changed directory.
.htaccess is in foldername
Also, I would like to know what site i can go to to learn about REQUEST_URI, REQUEST_FILENAME, etc. A site that is not too technical as it's the apache site.
You are incorrectly rewriting the rules correct rule according to your need would be like,
RewriteEngine On
# rule for removing extension
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ $1.php [QSA,L]
# below cond means incoming url is nor a file neither a directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# actual rules
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ $1.php?param1=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/?$ $1.php?param1=$2&param2=$3 [L]
Refrences
Reference: mod_rewrite, URL rewriting and "pretty links" explained
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html

Rewrite URL with just company name with current htaccess file

First I like to say I feel so privileged being here. I have used the answer given here for many years and it has saved me many many hours. I have searched for the answer to my current question with no luck. I believe the answers didn't work because I am adding it to my current .htaccess file which is required. I have asked in my current software program (phpfox) forum but they said it could not be done. I will leave it to stackoverflow experts to tell me whether it can be done or not. Here is my current .htaccess file
Options -Indexes
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(file)/(.*) PF.Base/$1/$2
RewriteRule ^static/ajax.php index.php
RewriteRule ^themes/default/(.*) PF.Base/theme/default/$1
RewriteRule ^(static|theme|module)/(.*) PF.Base/$1/$2
RewriteRule ^(Apps|themes)/(.*) PF.Site/$1/$2
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
Here are three examples of the URL for this business page.
DomainName/directory/detail/302/name-of-business/overview/
DomainName/directory/detail/302/name-of-business/aboutus/
DomainName/directory/detail/302/name-of-business/contactus/
I think you get the picture but just in case here is a different business.
DomainName/directory/detail/303/name-of-business/overview/
Now for this business page the /directory/details never changes. The 302 is the primary id of the record in the database table for this business. In that same record is the name-of-business. So if I type in the browser URL DomainName/directory/detail/302 it will still bring me to main overview page even without "name-of-business/overview" at the end of the URL. So I am assuming the php code throws that at the end of the url from the database depending on what menu you click on this specific business.
My dream hope is getting it down to
DomainName/name-of-business/overview
DomainName/name-of-business/contact etc...
But I would even be happy to get rid of at least directory/detail (I am guessing the id "302" is needed since it is the main identifier...just guessing).
DomainName/302/name-of-business/overview
I have tried many different answers here but I feel I also may be putting it on the wrong line in my current .htaccess file. Thank you in advance for any help and your time.
Try with:
Options -Indexes
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(file)/(.*) PF.Base/$1/$2
RewriteRule ^static/ajax.php index.php
RewriteRule ^themes/default/(.*) PF.Base/theme/default/$1
RewriteRule ^(static|theme|module)/(.*) PF.Base/$1/$2
RewriteRule ^(Apps|themes)/(.*) PF.Site/$1/$2
# Rewrite DomainName/303/... to DomainName/directory/detail/303/...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(\d+)(/.*|$) index.php?q=directory/detail/$1$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
Rewrite DomainName/303/... to DomainName/directory/detail/303/...
but only for external links or once fixed in your pages

Struggling with "clean urls"

After many hours of researching this site (and google) I've decided I need help with this problem I'm having. I'm using a snippet of code in my htaccess file that allows for a url to be accessed by either including the .php extension (like this www.mysite.com/about.php ), leaving the extension off completely with no slash (like this www.mysite.com/about ), or adding a slash at the end in place of the extension (like this www.mysite.com/about/ ).
So that part works beautifully. However it still shows the .php extension in the address bar after the page loads whether the user inputted it or not. So far I'm pretty happy with what it's doing as is, but I'd really just like to be able to hide the extension and even go so far as to put a slash at the end and for somereason nothing I'm doing is working in that respect. Hopefully some of this made sense.
I currently have this in my htaccess file.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ http://mysite.com/test-server/$1.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ http://mysite.com/test-server/$1/ [R=301,L]
This is actually a bad approach SEO-wise because your content is accessible via multiple URLs. Either enforce extensions or don’t.
I prefer extension-less URLs as it for some bizarre reason I want to switch technology stack (i.e. to Rails) I’m not stuck with “.php” on the end of my URLs.
To achieve this, you can just rewrite requests for the extension-less request to a script with “.php” on the end. In your .htaccess file place the following:
RewriteEngine on
# redirect to extension-less URL if requested
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\s.+\.php\sHTTP/.+
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.php $1 [R=301,L]
I also found this bit of code that works for me quite well at removing the extension, but I've only got it working at the root level so far. I'd like to be able to mod it for different directories within my test site since url structure is really important for this particular project. Nothing but errors when I do that though.
AddType text/x-component .htc
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# remove .php; use THE_REQUEST to prevent infinite loops
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ (.*)\.php\ HTTP
RewriteRule (.*)\.php$ $1 [R=301]
# remove index
RewriteRule (.*)/index$ $1/ [R=301]
# remove slash if not directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /$
RewriteRule (.*)/ $1 [R=301]
# add .php to access file, but don't redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
RewriteRule (.*) $1\.php [L]

Htaccess Mod Rewrite issue

I want the following url:
http://localhost/new/post?url=sample-post-one
to Look Like this via htaccess mod_rewrite:
http://localhost/new/post/sample-post-one/
This might be a question asked already or a similar one but I have been trying to figure it out since a couple of hours and did not get to a solution.
Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks!
Update
Here's what I've tried
<Files .htaccess,.svn> order allow,deny deny from all </Files>
Options +FollowSymlinks
# For Removing .php extension from files
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php
# Rewrite rule
RewriteRule ^post/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ post?url=$1 [L]
This should work :
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^post/([^/.]+)/?$ post?url=$1 [L]
Or better ...
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^post/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/?$ post?url=$1 [L]
By the way, you should have a look to guides like this one.
You can use below code:
http://localhost/new/post?url=sample-post-one
RewriteRule ^post/([0-9]+)/?$ post?url=$1 [NC,L] # Handle post requests
and to get more information you can refer to this
Basically we're capturing the bit for the last folder. The rest can be hard coded. Also you should delete the competing rule. ^ indicates beginning of string. $ is the end of the string. If you use both of those characters everything has to literally match except for the bits where we're using REGEX patterns for matching. Also everything is case sensitive.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^new/post/([^/]+)/?$ new/post?url=$1
If you know that you're only going to allow letters, numbers, periods, and hyphens, then you can do this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^new/post/([^A-Za-z0-9.-]+)/?$ new/post?url=$1
If for some reason you're including new/post and post is really your document root it should look like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^A-Za-z0-9.-]+)/?$ ?url=$1
Apache is a well documented application. They provide an excellent resource with hundreds of examples on their site with explanations of each in the mod_rewrite documentation.

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