URL rewrite PHP $_GET variable

Question

Hey, I am looking to make a .htaccess rewrite file to change:

newProject/index.php?start=2

to

newProject/page/2

How might I go about this? Thanks!

Answer 1

I think your question is backwards, especially if you are looking for cleaner URLs.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^newProject/page/(\d+)$ /newProject/index.php?start=$1

I assume that your users will click on URLs like /newProject/page/2, and a PHP script at newProject/index.php will access $_GET['start'] to read the page number.

Answer 2

If you're using Apache 2.2.12 or later, consider using the FallbackResource directive instead. See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/rewrite/remapping.html#fallback-resource for discussion of alternate techniques.