Formatting a search url - .htaccess

I'm rebuilding my site and want to change the urls - i need to let the search engines know so i'll be using 301 redirects.
my page is located at http://site.com/search.php
i want to use this url
http://site.com/search?s=foo&bar=bat&so+on&so+forth
my rewriteCond is
RewriteRule !^search search.php [R=301,L]
I'm getting a 404. What am I doing wrong?

Give this a try, it should remove the .php and redirect to search and show the content of the php:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+(.*)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [R=301,QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1\.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ $1.php [L]
On the first rule we are checking the request to see if there is any .php present, if so we redirect it to the URL without the .php.
(.*) will capture anything before .php and the flag QSA will ensure the query string is appended to it.
^([^/]+)/?$ this will match anything not a / until we find a / or hit the end.
So if we access domain.com/index it will capture index and redirect to index.php internally.

Related

Redirect urls with question mark and other parameters in htaccess

I want to redirect pages like:
/category-name/post-name.html?id=1234
To:
/category-name/1234-post-name.html
How can do this using htaccess?
What I have tried:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=(.*)$
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)\.html$ /$1/%1-$2\.html [L,R=301]
But it is a continuous redirect.
You can use these rules in your site root .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
# external redirect from actual URL to pretty one
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)\?id=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/%3-%2? [R=301,L,NE]
# internal forward from pretty URL to actual one
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/([^-]+)-([\w-]+)/?$ $1/$3?id=$2 [L,QSA]
Try this
Make sure the url is root url
Example:-
www.foo.com/category-name/post-name.html
It will only work if the project url is same as that of the above.
www.foo.com/blog/category-name/post-name.html
This won't work you need to update the RewriteBase url accordingly l.
This is the conditions
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %(REQUEST_FILENAME) !-f
RewriteCond %(REQUEST_FILENAME) !-d
RewriteRule here
RewriteRule ^category-name/([0-9]+)-post-name$ /category-name/post-name.html?id=$1 [L]
This should work..

mysterious exception in htaccess rewrites

My htaccess files contains only a few lines that firstly remove the www and then add ".php" to the slug to get the correct php file, so
www.kalicup.fr/seo
should rewrite to
kalicup.fr/seo
and then display the file seo.php (without the .php extension displaying in the url itself)
at the moment
kalicup.fr/seo
correctly displays seo.php without showing the file extension.
however, when I try
www.kalicup.fr/seo
it rewrites to
kalicup.fr/seo.php
adding the .php extension in the url
so there's abviously a problem in my htaccess but I can't see it !
here's my code
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
# redirect the url with www to url without
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(([a-z0-9_]+\.)?kalicup\.fr)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .? http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(([a-z0-9_]+\.)?kalicup\.co\.uk)$ [NC]
RewriteRule .? http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# add .php to urls
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]
can anyone see the problem ?
Use that in your .htaccess:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php
# redirect the url with www to url without
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(([a-z0-9_]+\.)?kalicup\.(?:fr|co\.uk))$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# add .php to urls
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*?)/?$ $1.php [L]
Only one test for .fr and .co.uk.
And -MultiViews: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/mod/core.html#options
The effect of MultiViews is as follows: if the server receives a request for /some/dir/foo, if /some/dir has MultiViews enabled, and /some/dir/foo does not exist, then the server reads the directory looking for files named foo.*, and effectively fakes up a type map which names all those files, assigning them the same media types and content-encodings it would have if the client had asked for one of them by name. It then chooses the best match to the client's requirements.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/en/content-negotiation.html

.htaccess 301 Redirect + URL Rewrite

I got a .htaccess that pretty much looks like this:
# disable directory browsing
Options All -Indexes
# start rewrites
RewriteEngine on
Redirect 301 /someoldpage.php http://example.com/fancyurl
# if not a file, and not a directory, reroute through index as normal page
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L]
What I want to accomplish is that the url is rewritten also when someone is trying to access an old 301 redirectred url, so when going to http://example.com//someoldpage.php you see the url http://example.com/fancyurl and NOT like now: http://example.com/index.php?page=fancyurl
Redirect is part of mod_alias, while the rewrite stuff is part of mod_rewrite. The two different modules both get applied to the same request and thus causing it to redirect and rewrite at the same time. What you want to do is have it redirect if the request is /someoldpage.pjp and not rewrite to index.php, so you need to use only mod_rewrite here:
# disable directory browsing
Options All -Indexes
# start rewrites
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^someoldpage\.php$ http://example.com/fancyurl [L,R=301]
# if not a file, and not a directory, reroute through index as normal page
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L]
I Struck with this problem and got a solution in my case, to rewrite the url from example.com/about.php to example.com/about with the following code in your htaccess.
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
## To internally redirect /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php [L]

Rewrite a dynamic url after extension removed

I've been working on my HTAccess for a couple days now, and I've hit a dead end.
I've rewritten and redirected the files to be extensionless, now I need to rewrite the url to be SEO Friendly.
Previously, the URL was: http://www.example.com/member.php?playername=encodedName
I removed the extension: http://www.example.com/member?playername=encodedName
I can't quite get it to: http://www.example.com/member/encodedName
Here's what I've gotten so far:
Code trying to redirect to SEO Friendly URL. Does NOT work.
RewriteRule ^member/([^/]*)$ /member.php?playername=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^squad/([^/]*)$ /squad.php?squadname=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^article/([^/]*)$ /article.php?articlename=$1 [L]
Unless directory, remove trailing slash. Works.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
Resolve .php file for extensionless php urls. Works.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url. Works.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /([^/]+/)*[^.#?\ ]+\.php([#?][^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)\.php $1 [R=301,L]
Does anyone have an idea as to what I am doing wrong? It's probably a very newbie problem that I just haven't encountered yet.
The "Code trying to redirect to SEO Friendly URL" part looks fine. And while you're redirecting requests made directly to php files to remove the extension, you're not doing anything specifically about the 3 SEO friendly URLs that you are rewriting back.
If when you go to http://www.example.com/member/encodedName, and you're not being served the content at http://www.example.com/member.php?playername=encodedName, then this looks like a Multiviews problem. You'll need to turn off Multiviews either in your server/vhost config or add this to the top of the htaccess file (or in the appropriate already existing Options statement):
Options -Multiviews
In order to do the redirecting to the SEO friendly URLs, add this before the "Redirect external .php requests to extensionless url." rules:
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /member\.php\?playername=([^&\ ]+)([^\ ]*)
RewriteRule ^ /member/%1?%2 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /squad\.php\?squadname=([^&\ ]+)([^\ ]*)
RewriteRule ^ /squad/%1?%2 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /artcile\.php\?articlename=([^&\ ]+)([^\ ]*)
RewriteRule ^ /article/%1?%2 [L,R=301]

How to redirect all my urls with no extension to end with .php

I originally wanted to have all my urls end with no extension. Unfortunately, I've tried many htaccess codes and I've just about given up.
So now I want to make it so if a person wants to visit a page in my site, but forgets to enter .php, he/she will automatically be redirected to the same url but with the .php
How can this be done? Thanks!
Here are the rules:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.php [L,QSA]
It will check if requested resource is not a existing folder. For example: you requesting http://www.example.com/help. If there is such folder present (/help) the rule will do nothing (priority is given to a folder). If you do not want this behaviour then remove the first line.
It will check if there is such .php file before rewriting. For example: you requesting http://www.example.com/aboutus but there is NO aboutus.php file there -- no rewrite will occur.
All such requests should be without trailing slash: should be http://www.example.com/aboutus and NOT http://www.example.com/aboutus/
The rule will work for URL in subfolders as well: e.g. http://www.example.com/pages/help/aboutus will be rewritten just fine.
Because of the above checks the rule will not enter into a rewrite loop (no 500 error on this rule)
Query string (page parameters) will be preserved
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R,L,NC]
## To internally redirect /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.php [L]
In response to Sun Love, the code you posted works well except for situations where you have a trailing slash without the file extension (I get a 500 error) because the first RegEx doesn't match for this situation.
example.com/test.html -- works (redirects to /test)
example.com/test -- works (no redirect)
example.com/test.html -- works (redirects to /test)
example.com/test/ -- doesn't work (500 error)
There is probably a better way to do this but I added another rewrite condition to fix this:
RewriteEngine on
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteBase /
## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+).php
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)/\s
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]
## To internally redirect /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php [L]
Try this .htaccess:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [L]
EDIT: ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [L]

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