Htaccess not working for my domain sub folders alone - php

Question

I have used so many codes to redirect my sub folder url, but not working.
From :: http://www.mydomain.com/doctor/searchresult.php?txtcity=Chennai&txtarea=Annanagar
To :: http://www.mydomain.com/doctor/Chennai/Annanagar
The used htaccess codes are given below
RewriteRule ^doctor/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/searchresult$ /doctor/searchresult.php?txtcity=$1&txtarea=$2 [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/doctor/$ searchresult.php?txtcity=$1&txtarea=$2
RewriteRule ^doctor/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+) /doctor/searchDocResult.php?selFindDocCity=$1&txtFindDocAreaRzip=$2 [L]

Answer 1

Assuming you are just trying to redirect the first URL to the second listed URL, this is works on my server.
One thing to note is that the order they are listed does make a difference. The most specific need to be listed first, such that all the txtarea's within a txt city must be listed first per my example below.
Good luck let me know how it works out for you.
Tim
Tim#mpact-media.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} searchresult\.php
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} txtarea=Annanagar
RewriteRule .* doctor/Chennai/Annanagar/? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} searchresult\.php
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} txtcity=Chennai
RewriteRule .* doctor/Chennai/? [R=301,L]

Answer 2

In order to make any .htaccess work, you need to do two things.
First thing is to enable it, in the Apache config file, inside the <Directory> directive that matches your path, the AllowOverride. For instance:
<Directory />
Options None
AllowOverride All
Order deny, allow
Deny from all
</Directory>
This will allow to override at the "/" (webroot) with the things specified in the .htaccess file. Here's the complete spec for AllowOverride directive.
Second thing will be to place inside the .htaccess any valid directive.
Remember that the RewriteCond rules stack up eachother, until you put a RewriteRule directive. This is how you will be able to make more complex rules. You'll find a nice guide for this here.