htaccess remove get variable to make better url

Question

I want a nice looking url that can change https://www.url.com/profile.php/?lang=en&user=1#userinfo into https://url.com/profile/en/1#userinfo. And the lang variable is on every page.

I tried to get my extension away and it works

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.php
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ /$1/$2.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]

But now i need the get variables, i have looked around but nothing works.

"get the get variables" - is too elusive of a problem description. — mario, Apr 14 '18 at 12:03
I don't see any parts there putting parts from the requested URL to GET parameters... — Nico Haase, Apr 14 '18 at 12:13
You want to put stuff from the requested URL to GET parameters - that's what you have to write specific rules for, such that each part can be mapped to the proper parameter. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16388959/url-rewriting-with-php/16389034#16389034 will give you a hint about what you need — Nico Haase, Apr 14 '18 at 12:40

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '18 at 13:08

These rules check the request line (e.g., "GET /index.html HTTP/1.1"), the request path is /profile.php, and if contains the query string lang=&user=, redirect the request uri from /profile.php to /profile/%1/%2, %1, %2 is the back-reference to match the grouped part ([^&]+)

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /profile\.php
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=([^&]+)&user=([^&]+)
RewriteRule ^/?profile.php$ /profile/%1/%2 [NE,R,L,QSA]

This rule internal rewrite the URL from /profile/{lang}/{user_id} to /profile.php?lang={lang}&user_id={user_id}. So when uri /profile/en/1 is requested, the server knows the rewritten uri is /profile.php?lang=en&user_id=1.

RewriteRule ^/?profile/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /profile.php?lang=$1&user_id=$2 [L]

htaccess remove get variable to make better url

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