How to redirect a url of a given form?

Question

How to redirect a url of the form

localhost/website/xxxx.xxxx

to

localhost/website/index.php?i=xxxx.xxxx

,where x is a number, for example xxxx.xxxx can be 7234.5432. The htaccess file is located in the website folder.

possible duplicate of [How to make a redirect in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/768431/how-to-make-a-redirect-in-php) — Ankur Mahajan, Aug 12 '15 at 07:30
@AnkurMahajan, But, I only want to redirect urls of the form localhost/website/xxxx.xxxx where x is a different number, for example 4525.5323 — gbd, Aug 12 '15 at 07:33
@AnkurMahajan I don't think it is, it's related to URL rewriting — Supamiu, Aug 12 '15 at 07:34
What you want is called URL Rewriting. Just google after it. — Charlotte Dunois, Aug 12 '15 at 07:54

Supamiu · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12T07:51:16.090

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First of all, you need to activate mod_rewrite

then add this to your .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4}\.[0-9]{4})$ index.php?i=$1

edited Aug 12 '15 at 07:51

answered Aug 12 '15 at 07:33

Supamiu

I made a mistake by placing the "+" inside the [0-9], try it now and it should work ^^ – Supamiu Aug 12 '15 at 07:39
Sorry to bother you again. I may be asking to much but this seems to work for [any number of x's].[any number of x's] is it possible to make it only work for [four x's].[four x's], Thanks – gbd Aug 12 '15 at 07:47

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