How to use mod_rewrite and edit URL path? - php

Question

I apologize to ask such a question, there's hundreds of them all around, and I wouldn't ask if I didn't need to understand. I've tried countless times on .htaccess but unable to make it work, I'm also testing on local server but I'm sure mod_rewrite is on, so should be errors I'm making.
I'm currently trying to change m URL from
example.com/article.php?article_id=article-id-goes-here&article_title=article-title-goes-here
to
example.com/article/75/article-title-goes-here
The latest code I've tried was the following:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ webroot/article.php?article_id=$1&article_title=$2 [QSA,L]
My folder structure currently stands as
blog/
libraries/
articleClass
articleClass.php
webroot/
css/
images/
js/
.htaccess
I forward everything to webroot as that's my index page.

Answer 1

You have an extra slash at the end of your pattern that isn't present in the URL that you say you are using:
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ webroot/article.php?article_id=$1&article_title=$2 [QSA,L]
You can make is optional by adding a ? after it.

Answer 2

example.com/article.php?article_id=article-id-goes-here&article_title=article-title-goes-here
to
example.com/article/75/article-title-goes-here
Try this rule:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^article/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ webroot/article.php?article_id=$1&article_title=$2 [QSA,L,NC]