I have this simple redirection on my website and it does not rewrite my url automatically, I have to type manual other URL to access it, what could be the problem, do I need to have something enabled in php.ini, below is the rewrite rule
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^new-page-([^/]*)\.php$ /mypage.php?name=$1 [L]
If you are doing it in .htaccess
you should also specify RewriteBase /
.
Try
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^new-page-([^/]*)\.php$ mypage.php?name=$1 [L]
This rewrites new-page-something.php
tomypage.php?name=something
internally.
ADDED:
Perhaps you want this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^new-page-([^/]*)\.php$ mypage.php?name=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^(GET|POST|HEAD|TRACE)\ /mypage.php
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} name=([^\&]*)
RewriteRule ^mypage.php$ new-page-%1.php? [R,L]
The first added RewriteCond checks whether the real request is requesting for /mypage.php
to prevent a redirect loop.
The second added RewriteCond is used to match the query string for use in RewriteRule.
check your apache config (httpd.conf)
see whether it allowing to overriding the htaccess
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html
I have the following link
www.preparationweb.com/Aptitude/Discussion/index.php?qid=26
I like it to appear it as
www.preparationweb.com/Aptitude/Discussion/26
Can you please provide me the code to be placed in .htaccess file according to the provided link. I have a godaddy hosting.