.htaccess mod_rewrite on multiple PHP files issue - php

Question

I'm trying to beautify URL's for SEO from http://example.net/dashboard.php?action=news to http://example.net/news
And it's working with this code
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \/+dashboard\.php\?([^\&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ dashboard.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]
But I want to edit more PHP files, for example, http://example.net/user.php?action=profile to http://example.net/profile
If I use this code again in the same .htaccess file
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \/+user\.php\?([^\&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ user.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]
It won't work, only dashboard.php one is working properly.
Can you please help me with this?
Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Your current Rewriterules are to general.
[^/]+
matches everything which has no "/", else its matching everything.
So basicly your first rule
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ dashboard.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]
matches everytime. profile/ will always redirected to dashboard.php?acton=profile.
Your .htaccess should look like:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \/+dashboard\.php\?([^\&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(news)/?$ dashboard.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \/+user\.php\?([^\&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(profile)/?$ user.php?action=$1 [L,QSA]
As you can see i switched
[^/]+
with more explicit regex.