htaccess: redirect urls with actions from GET?

Question

First of all let me say: I have almost no experience with htaccess and all code looks like gibberish to me.

I have a form that send the visitor to a page like this: mysite.com/date.php?day=2014-06-03

I want them automatically redirected to: mysite.com/2014-06-03

I currently have the following code in my htaccess, which already makes the page work, the old page just does not get redirected yet.

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .* date.php/?day=$0 [PT]

I'd be really glad if someone could take a look at this. It seems like this should be fairly easy but all the similar questions are JUST a bit different or too hard for me.

EDIT:

Changed my form using this question: Clean URLs for search query?

Solved it using http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5464481/clean-urls-for-search-query . — user2424339, Jun 03 '14 at 18:30

benjamin.d · Answer 1 · 2014-06-03T14:19:20.537

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The RewriteRule directive doesn't operate on the query string. It only works with paths. You need to add a condition on the query string:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^day=([^&]+)
RewriteRule $/date.php^ /date.php/?day=%1 [R=301,L]

edited Jun 03 '14 at 14:19

answered Jun 03 '14 at 13:29

benjamin.d

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I tried the code above but it doesn't really do anything.. It still goes to the full URL, not the 'cleaner' one.. – user2424339 Jun 03 '14 at 13:57
Still nothing. Just to clarify, do I need to remove anything from my original code? – user2424339 Jun 03 '14 at 14:57

htaccess: redirect urls with actions from GET?

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