Htaccess rewrite url (Shorten url)

Question

So I have the url: myurl.com/projects/url/visit.php?link=fbehe and I want to rewrite it as so:

myurl.com/u/fbehe

But it isn't working. I am using this so far:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/u/([^/]*)$ visit.php?link=$1 [L]

I would also like to note that I placed my htaccess file in the directory with my visit.php file. so myurl.com/projects/url/.htaccess

How could I achieve this?

Answer 1

Try using NC as well. Also, not sure if the absolute path is working. Try a relative if the .htaccess is in the root of your website.

RewriteRule ^/u/([^/]*)$ visit.php?link=$1 [L,NC]

Answer 2

do you use any framework of this? maybe u can you there functionality like routes. can rewrite your url..

Like Codeigniter,Cake

They have routes to change the url like that.

Answer 3

You may try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/u/([^/]+)/?$    [NC]
RewriteRule .*       projects/url/visit.php?link=%1 [L]

Maps silently

http://myurl.com/u/anyvalue with or without trailing slash

To

http://myurl.com/projects/url/visit.php?link=anyvalue