Simple Mod_Rewrite For GET Variable

[BorysSokolov]

Hello.

 

I'd like to remove a GET variable from my URL like so: website.com/works.php?proj=project-name -> website.com/works/project-name.

I also need to strip the .php extension from the website.com/works location, even when the proj variable is not present.

 

 

Thank you for any responses.

[Irate]

Put this inside your .htaccess file.

 

 

RewriteEngine On # only enter this if this line is not present already
RewriteRule ^/works\.php\?(.*?)proj=(.*?)$ /works/$2

[BorysSokolov]

I tried what you suggested, but I keep getting a 404 error.

[Irate]

What address are you entering in your URL bar?

 

You should only put in the new, rewritten URL, not the old one.

[requinix]

RewriteRule does not look at the query string.

# 1. If they actually requested "/works.php?proj=foo" then redirect
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/works\.php\?proj=([^&]+)$
RewriteRule /works/%1 [L,R]

# 2. Rewrite
RewriteRule ^/?works/([^/]+) works.php?proj=$1 [L]

Even better would be modifying your works.php so that it redirects if it's requested via the wrong URL. Because strictly speaking the #1 above isn't enough to catch the various "invalid" possibilities and simply doing the work in your script is easier than listing them all out.