URL Mod-Rewrite

Question

Hello,

I currently have a working URL:

http://example.com/security-services.php?service=fixed-camera-surveillance

and then I have PHP say, $_REQUEST['service'] to do some stuff...

But I'd like to achieve the same function if the URL looked like this:

http://example.com/security-services/fixed-camera-surveillance

Thanks!

Answer 1

You can create a rule like this:

RewriteRule ^security-services/(.*)/? /security-services.php?service=$1

If you're using a .conf file, change ^ to ^/

Answer 2

An .htaccess file with something like this should do it.

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule security-services/(.*)/? security-services.php?service=$1 [L]

The part that says security-services/(.*)/? matches the URL in the browser and rewrites it to security-services.php.

The key part is the (.*) which captures that portion of the URL and passes it to the PHP script as a GET value.

Answer 3

Try this rule:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^security-services/([^/]+)$ security-services.php?service=$1 [L]

The [^/]+ describes the next path segment after /security-services, (…) forms a group that’s match then can referenced to with $1 in the substitution.

And if you want a more general for any kind of …-service.php file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/-]+)-services/([^/]+)$ $1-services.php?service=$2 [L]