How can I use htaccess to shorten a URL to make it more readable?

Asked Apr 22 '19 at 16:13

Active Apr 22 '19 at 16:49

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I've currently got a website with links like this:

mywebsite.com/page.php?name=Sport

how can I use htaccess to rename these pages so they can be found here:

mywebsite.com/Sport

(so in other words, removing "page.php?name=" from each URL)

AND if I do this, will it be case sensitive? (eg will mywebsite.com/sport be OK?)

AND if I do this, will the page still be able to do a $_GET["name"] so I can do stuff with the name variable in PHP?

Been trying to work out the htaccess commands - and I'm stuck. Thanks in advance!

** EDIT I can see other answers but I can't get my version to work, that's the problem. This is what I've got:

Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^/([A-Za-z0-9-+]+)/?$ /page.php?name=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Apr 22 '19 at 16:13

Paul Golder

I've also tried this: – Paul Golder Apr 22 '19 at 16:59
RewriteRule /([A-Za-z0-9-\+]+) /page.php?name=$1 [NC,L,QSA] – Paul Golder Apr 22 '19 at 16:59
`RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9-+]+)/?$ /page.php?name=$1 [NC,L,QSA]` should work without the leading `/` . RewriteRule directive uses a relative URI pattern (starting without `/` ) on htaccess context . – Amit Verma Apr 22 '19 at 17:08
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Thank you very much, that's exactly what I needed! – Paul Golder Apr 22 '19 at 17:15

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