url mod rewrite redirect wordpress

Posted under » Apache on 24 Jan 2019

This is what you see in the .htaccess of wordpress or other CMS.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

If you want to implement your own rewrite rules, you have to put it above the first [L] like so.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /
    RewriteRule ^whatyouseeurl$ 041.php
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

This redirection will work but the URL remains 041.php. If you want the URL to remain the same.. whatyouseeurl, then you have to put [L] at the end.

    RewriteRule ^whatyouseeurl$ 041.php [L]

Mod rewrite uses regex so this article won't make sense if you don't understand regex. Supposing you want to make a nice and easy to read URL.

RewriteRule    ^articles/([0-9]+)/?$   articles.php?abstarct=$1 [NC,L]

The [NC] you see means that is not case sensitive. So you can type arTIcles it will still work.

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