mod_rewrite, /index.php?p=test to /test

Question

Hello, i'm trying to set up a very simple rule in .htaccess file in order to rewrite this kind of url: www.domain.com/index.php?page=test to this: www.domain.com/test

I'm newbie to mod_rewrite, and so far, i came to this rule

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d


RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?$1

but it doesn't work.

Any help? Thanks a lot

Answer 1

Almost right, you just forgot the page=:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1

Now note that this rule does the exact opposite: It rewrites requests of paths like /test internally to /index.php?page=test and not vice versa.

Answer 2

Another approach is:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1.php [NC,L]

This also ensures your URL can only contain letters, numbers, dashes and underscores.

Altough, on a sidenote, I'd recommend you to have separate files for each page and including a header.php and a footer.php in those...