Using htaccess modrewrite for friendly urls gives a 404 error
I am trying to rewrite
http://example.com/category/this-is-my-category
to...
http://example.com/category.php?id=this-is-my-category
My .htaccess file is below:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L]
This gives a 404 error
http://example.com/category.php exists on the server
I have also tried
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ ./category.php?id=$1 [L]
and
RewriteRule ^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /category.php?id=$1
I have read some articles on this and can't see an issue with the code in the .htaccess file.
php regex .htaccess mod-rewrite friendly-url
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
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I am trying to rewrite
http://example.com/category/this-is-my-category
to...
http://example.com/category.php?id=this-is-my-category
My .htaccess file is below:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L]
This gives a 404 error
http://example.com/category.php exists on the server
I have also tried
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ ./category.php?id=$1 [L]
and
RewriteRule ^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /category.php?id=$1
I have read some articles on this and can't see an issue with the code in the .htaccess file.
php regex .htaccess mod-rewrite friendly-url
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
1
FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally/category/this-is-my-category?
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20
add a comment |
I am trying to rewrite
http://example.com/category/this-is-my-category
to...
http://example.com/category.php?id=this-is-my-category
My .htaccess file is below:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L]
This gives a 404 error
http://example.com/category.php exists on the server
I have also tried
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ ./category.php?id=$1 [L]
and
RewriteRule ^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /category.php?id=$1
I have read some articles on this and can't see an issue with the code in the .htaccess file.
php regex .htaccess mod-rewrite friendly-url
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
I am trying to rewrite
http://example.com/category/this-is-my-category
to...
http://example.com/category.php?id=this-is-my-category
My .htaccess file is below:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L]
This gives a 404 error
http://example.com/category.php exists on the server
I have also tried
RewriteRule ^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$ ./category.php?id=$1 [L]
and
RewriteRule ^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /category.php?id=$1
I have read some articles on this and can't see an issue with the code in the .htaccess file.
php regex .htaccess mod-rewrite friendly-url
php regex .htaccess mod-rewrite friendly-url
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
edited Nov 12 '18 at 22:27
user606336
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
asked Nov 12 '18 at 22:11
user606336user606336
176
176
1
FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally/category/this-is-my-category?
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20
add a comment |
1
FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally/category/this-is-my-category?
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20
1
1
FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally
/category/this-is-my-category?– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally
/category/this-is-my-category?– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20
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Right, so your first regex...
^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
- It's rare to ever need
RewriteBase, especially if your.htaccessfile is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the
QSAflag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
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Right, so your first regex...
^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
- It's rare to ever need
RewriteBase, especially if your.htaccessfile is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the
QSAflag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
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Right, so your first regex...
^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
- It's rare to ever need
RewriteBase, especially if your.htaccessfile is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the
QSAflag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
add a comment |
Right, so your first regex...
^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
- It's rare to ever need
RewriteBase, especially if your.htaccessfile is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the
QSAflag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
Right, so your first regex...
^category/(d+)/([w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
- It's rare to ever need
RewriteBase, especially if your.htaccessfile is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the
QSAflag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
edited Nov 12 '18 at 22:46
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
PhilPhil
96.6k11136157
answered Nov 12 '18 at 22:41
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Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
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Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
Thanks. Works perfectly. Im am now going to study up a bit
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:45
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FYI, it's actually the other way around... you want to rewrite the nice URL to the real one
– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:13
What URL are you using to test? Is it literally
/category/this-is-my-category?– Phil
Nov 12 '18 at 22:15
Thanks. im using... example.com/category/this-is-my-category to test
– user606336
Nov 12 '18 at 22:20