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PHP

Posted by Jeremy Breit
Jeremy Breit
14,626 Points

PHP .htaccess URL Rewrite

I have a PHP build similar to the one created in the PHP lessons on Treehouse.

I have: - An array of headphones in headphoneArray.php - A list of products from the array in headphones.php - And the product page at headphone.php

Currently, the product page goes to domain.com/headphone.php?id=101 (or whatever the product ID is).

How can I make it so that the page always loads to something like domain.com/headphone/productname ?

1 Answer

Richard Duffy
Richard Duffy
16,488 Points
Richard Duffy
Richard Duffy
16,488 Points

My friend gave this to me:

IndexIgnore *
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \\?u=([^&\\ ]+)($|\\ )
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \\?x=([^&\\ ]+)($|\\ )
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^profile/([^/]+)$ /user.php?u=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^video/([^/]+)$ /video.php?x=$1 [L]

You will have to change it a bit.