Can't rewrite php url using htaccess

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This will be a niche question but I am having trouble rewriting my url. I am trying to rewrite from /view.php?user=Alex0111 to view/Alex0111. I also have a second get variable of /view.php?user=Alex0111&id=5 which I want to be view/Alex0111/5 Here are the contents of my .htaccess file

DirectoryIndex Home.php

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.php [NC,L]
RewriteRule ^view/([0-9A-Za-z]+) view.php?user=$1 [NC,L] #doesn't work causes internal error

I've checked this line of code multiple times to the tutorial I am following but I am missing the mark on something.

i also also wanting to ask this questions, thanks for asking by `1+` for you :) — StackB00m, Aug 10 '16 at 07:53
Possible duplicate of [URL rewriting with PHP](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16388959/url-rewriting-with-php) — hjpotter92, Aug 10 '16 at 07:55
Isn't the first `RewriteRule` rewriting 'view/Alex0111' to 'view/Alex0111.php' ? — Markus Laire, Aug 10 '16 at 07:57

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '16 at 08:05

Replace both of your rewrite rules with:

RewriteRule ^view/(.+)/(.+)  view.php?user=$1&id=$2  [NC,END,QSA]

Your first rewrite rule will interfere because it will rewrite the path as Markus mentioned in comments.

The [END] flag will throw an error if you have an old Apache version. In that case, use the [L]

The [QSA] flag tells the server to add any additional query parameters that the user sent. eg: view/Alex01/5?param=value

Can't rewrite php url using htaccess

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