htaccess rewrite urls - how do i write the urls in my code?

Question

Using apache/.htaccess RewriteEngine:

If I want to change a url like

www.foo.com/mypage.php?var=abc&var2=123

to

www.foo.com/abc/123

Do I need to rewrite my URLs in my PHP files manually, or is that also handled?

i.e., change in my code <a href="mypage.php?var=abc&var2=123"> to <a href="abc/123">

Does mod_rewrite handle this for me? Or does it only translate the URL it receives, and not actually rewrite generated HTML based on the rules in the .htaccess file?

Thilak Thilak · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-10T07:45:59

If you have server httpd configuration access, You can Place the following code in your server apache server config or place into your httaccess file

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /mypage.php [L]
</IfModule>

and place the following code in your mypage.php file top,

$Get_data = explode('/', $_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]);
$_GET['var'] = $Get_data[1];
$_GET['var2'] = $Get_data[2];

Now you got same result when you are using these www.foo.com/mypage.php?var=abc&var2=123 url or these www.foo.com/abc/123 url.

Any comments, please let me know.

htaccess rewrite urls - how do i write the urls in my code?

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