how to redirect a short url to a php file with parameters

Question

Hello here is what I am trying to do : if someone goes to site.com/myusername they get sent to site.com/index.php?a=profile&u=myusername

should be pretty simple if you know htaccess rewrite engine. also any good beginner tutorials for something similar ?

here is my present .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{request_filename} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{request_filename} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteRule ^(([^/]*)+)(/([^/]{0,32})(/.+)?)?$ /index.php?a=$1&q=$3 [L,QSA]

RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /index.php?a=profile&u=$1 [L,QSA]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3086325/using-mod-rewrite-to-hide-php-from-the-end-of-urls — Notepad, Jul 16 '13 at 07:34
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16388959/url-rewriting-with-php you should try searching for existing posts.. — insanebits, Jul 16 '13 at 07:37
Loads of other posts here and elsewhere about how to rewrite urls. Try learning to use search tools and you will find development so much easier — Anigel, Jul 16 '13 at 07:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '13 at 07:42

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Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /index.php?a=profile&u=$1 [L,QSA]

answered Jul 16 '13 at 07:42

anubhava

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hello anubhava. there is already a : RewriteCond %{request_filename} -f RewriteRule ^(.*) $1 [L] RewriteRule ^(([^/]*)+)(/([^/]{0,32})(/.+)?)?$ index.php?a=$1&q=$3 [L] at the top that is being used. can you edit the code please? because when i added yours underneath it didnt work – cppit Jul 16 '13 at 08:13
Looks like you got it working. If you're still facing issues, pls provide your current .htaccess in your question (not in comments). – anubhava Jul 16 '13 at 08:32
check please. I added it – cppit Jul 16 '13 at 08:40
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I edited your .htaccess in your question with my suggested changes. – anubhava Jul 16 '13 at 09:26

Niket Malik · Answer 2 · 2013-07-16T08:30:15.493

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If the url is as specified , you can do something like

if (!isset($_REQUEST['u'])) {

$x = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$y = str_replace('?', '', $x);
$z = str_replace('/', '', $y);
header("Location: ?a=profile&u=$z"); }

Not really a good solution though, but this was what I could think of..if you want to do it in php..

edited Jul 16 '13 at 08:30

answered Jul 16 '13 at 08:25

Niket Malik

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 16 '13 at 09:23

I know you already got the answer. But i just figured it before one hour. But my system problem so only i am posting it later. This is also one way to do.

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)$ /index.php?a=profile&q=$1

how to redirect a short url to a php file with parameters

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