Apaches mod_rewrite issues - php

I'm having issues with apaches mod_rewrite. I'm wanting to make clean urls with my php application but it doesn't seem to give the results i'm expecting.
I'm using this code in my .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^project/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})$ /project/index.php?q=$1&r=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^project/([0-9]{4})$ /project/index.php?q=$1 [L]
To make it so when I view, http://localhost/user/project/system, it would be the equivelant of viewing http://localhost/user/project/index.php?q=system
Instead of getting any results I just get a typical 404 error.
I've also just checked to see if mod_rewrite works by replace my .htaccess code with this:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.stackoverflow.com
And it properly redirects me here, so mod_rewrite is definitely working.
The root path to my project is /home/user/public_html/project
The the url used to view my project is http://localhost/user/project
If anymore information is required let me know.
Thanks

If your .htaccess file is indeed located in the project/ subdirectory already, then don't mention it in the RewriteRule again. Remove it:
RewriteRule ^([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})$ /project/index.php?q=$1&r=$2 [L]
# no "project/" here
Rules always pertain to the current local filename mapping.
Else experiment with a RewriteBase.

You have [0-9]{4} in your regex which will only match numbers of 4 digits. "system", however, is not a number of 4 digits, and therefore does not match.
You can use something like [^/]+ instead.
RewriteRule ([^/]+)/([0-9]{2})$ /index.php?q=$1&r=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ([^/]+)$ /index.php?q=$1 [L]
Don't know if the second parameter should be a number with 2 digits or not.
Edit: I also added "user" at the beginning now.
Edit2: Okay, I thought you were in the root htdocs with your htaccess. So remove "project" and "user" if you are in "project" with the .htaccess.

You probably mean
RewriteRule ^/project/([0-9]{4})/([0-9]{2})$ /project/index.php?q=$1&r=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/project/([0-9]{4})$ /project/index.php?q=$1 [L]
The '^project' means "start of line is 'project'" but the start is a '/project', so you need to include the starting slash (i.e. '^/project...').
Sorry, missed the system bit (and the user bit). Was concentrating on the slash.
RewriteRule ^/user/project/([a-zA-Z0-9]*)/([a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ /user/project/index.php?q=$1&r=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^/user/project/([a-zA-Z0-9]*)$ /user/project/index.php?q=$1 [L]
Should have you right.

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Using htaccess modrewrite for friendly urls gives a 404 error

I am trying to rewrite
http://example.com/category/this-is-my-category
to...
http://example.com/category.php?id=this-is-my-category
My .htaccess file is below:
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^category/(\d+)/([\w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L]
This gives a 404 error
http://example.com/category.php exists on the server
I have also tried
RewriteRule ^category/(\d+)/([\w-]+)$ ./category.php?id=$1 [L]
and
RewriteRule ^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /category.php?id=$1
I have read some articles on this and can't see an issue with the code in the .htaccess file.
Right, so your first regex...
^category/(\d+)/([\w-]+)$
requires a number between category and the last part, eg /category/1234/something-else.
Your second regex...
^/category/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)$
has an incorrect leading slash (rewrite rules start at the rewrite-base) and requires only letters and numbers after category, eg /category/thisIsMyCategory.
The URL you're testing has letters and hyphens.
To me, it looks like you want
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([\w-]+)$ /category.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]
Demo ~ https://htaccess.madewithlove.be?share=8c3de5aa-68f3-5ec0-9c69-23ff2dbe2d6e
Some notes...
It's rare to ever need RewriteBase, especially if your .htaccess file is in the root directory so I've removed it
I've added the QSA flag so any query parameters are preserved. For example
/category/this-is-my-category?foo=bar
becomes
/category.php?id=this-is-my-category&foo=bar

Trouble mapping multiple subfolders to destinations in htaccess

We've switched servers and for whatever reason, our htaccess file isn't behaving the same way as it was on the other. I'm going to be the first to admit that I'm not an htaccess superuser, and I have no doubt the answer's probably looking me in the face, but literally an entire Saturday of searches hasn't fixed this. I have this filesystem:
When the domain is /category/subcategory/product/
It should rewrite to /category/product-details.php?p=product&s=subcategory
When the domain is /category/subcategory/
It should rewrite to /category-product-list.php?slug=subcategory
This seems simple enough, here's the same code we had been using for years. Note, we've commented out the first two RewriteRules regarding slashes and there was no change in behavior.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# if folder does not end with a slash redirect to with slash
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /$1/ [L,NC,R=301]
#if it does not end with a slash e.g. rock-jewelry/some-piece, add the slash
RewriteRule ^([-a-zA-Z0-9]+/[-a-zA-Z0-9]+)$ /$1/ [L,NC,R=301]
RewriteRule ^category/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ category/product-details.php?p=$2s=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^category/([^/]+)/?$ category-product-list.php?slug=$1 [L,QSA]
When the domain is /category/subcategory/product/
It rewrites to /category-product-list.php?slug=product-details.php&p=product&s=subcategory
When the domain is /category/subcategory/
It correctly rewrites to /category-product-list.php?slug=subcategory
/category/ is an actual folder, and the only thing in it is product-details.php, there is no index.php file, the htaccess is supposed to rewrite to category-product-list if they're trying to access the index.
If we remove the category-product-list.php rule, the product-details.php rule DOES work. But isn't the L directive supposed to stop at the first rule? Why is the second still running? And how can I write a better way to accomplish this goal? Thank you very much, I'm pretty beat down on this problem at this point.
I have the same problem as you to understand the why of this loop... But it's like that.
You can add that before the last RewriteRule:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
Or if you don't use dot in subcategory, you can use final RewriteRule:
RewriteRule ^category/([^./]+)/?$ category-product-list.php?slug=$1 [L,QSA]

Htaccess rewrite with question mark

I have this type of link :
http://www.domain.it/index.php?module=Test&func=Prova
I would that when i add /en before /index.php
rewrite with
http://www.domain.it/index.php?module=Test&func=Prova&lang=en
I tried several methods but always rewrite index.php&lang=en
The problem seems to be ?
RewriteRule ^(en)/(.*)$ $2&lang=$1 [L,QSA]
but nothing to do.
You can try adding those lines to your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ $2?%{QUERY_STRING}&lang=$1 [L]
This will save the language in $1 and the origin in $2 so it can be used from other pages, besides index.php and with other languages besides en.
Also, to test those things, you can use sites like this one.

URL Rewrites not working

On my website I am trying to rewrite a long URL to a SEO friendly one.
I've got the following code, but it doesnt seem to affect anything! However if I type dgadgdfsg into my htaccess, it throws an internal server error. So I am presuming it is something with Rewrite Rule.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*)$ /missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=$1&firstName=$2&lastName=$3 [L]
I have confirmed that mod_rewrite is on.
This is the current URL
http://mysite.com/missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=1&firstName=Liam&lastName=Gallagher
and this is what I want it too appear like
http://mysite.com/1/Liam/Gallagher
Change your RewriteRule to this (slightly modified from your version)
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=$1&firstName=$2&lastName=$3 [QSA,L]
If that doesn't work try putting a R flag for testing purpose (which will make your browser change the original URI to: /missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=1&firstName=Liam&lastName=Gallagher
Presuming your userID is comprised only of digits and firstName and lastName are only alphanumeric.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /(\d+)/(\w+)/(\w+)/ /missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=$1&firstName=$2&lastName=$3 [L]
A more strict version that does the same thing except it sets boundaries for the beginning and the end of the evaluated regex.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule /^(\d+)\/(\w+)\/(\w+)$/ /missing-people/user-profile.php?userID=$1&firstName=$2&lastName=$3 [L]

mod rewrite - second rule is not working

I am trying to learn url rewriting.
My code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/$ /index.php
RewriteRule ^/([a-z]+)$ /index.php?page=$1
When I try it like this: localhost/mysite it shows home page. But when I try something like this: localhost/mysite/abcdefg, it would show a 404 error.
EDIT
What I want to do is:
If only original domain is given, it should goto home page. Eg: www.mysite.com --> www.mysite.com/index.php. Otherwise, if www.mysite.com/contactus --> www.mysite.com/index.php?page=contactus
EDIT
I am using WAMP server in Windows XP.
That's because the first rule would catch the second request. Now, that I took a closer look at the regex, no it would not catch the request. However, your second request would fail. Also, as a rule of thumb the more specialized a rewrite is the higher it should be placed.
You don't need to rewrite all the requests to index, but if you know what you are doing, then re-order the rewrites.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/([^/]+)/$ index.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ index.php [L]
Edit 1: Taking into account that you are working on a localhost, this would work for you.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /mysite/
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ mysite/index.php?page=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^$ mysite/index.php [L]
When you go live, just remove the mysite/ part.
Note: You don't need this rule RewriteRule ^$ /index.php [L] the server will automatically load index.php if you visit localhost/mysite. That is the expected behavior if your server is configured to load a default page, the file index.php, on httpd.conf configuration file.
Edit 2: I see your edit, but you can't test that rewrite in the current URL structure you have in the localhost. You should try and setup virtual hosts to test in an environment that resembles your production as much as possible. Search on Google for how to create virtual hosts for your WAMP, XAMPP, or any other stack you are using.
Then the rewrite rules are simple
RewriteEngine on
# page-url -> index.php?page=page-url
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]
/localhost/mysite/abcdefg will not match the rule you expect it to match because the path (/mysite/abcdefg) contains a / in the middle that is not matched by your regular expression. So the web server looks for the file, can't find it, and returns a 404.
RewriteRule ^/([a-z]+)$ /index.php?page=$1
will match any string beginning with/ followed by any number of characters a-z. / is not in that range, that is why it fails on /mysite/abcdefg.
#trott and #anders_lindahl are right:
Your first only matches localhost/ aka the root of the site.
The second rule will match anything that has lowercase letters (and just that!) after the first slash, so localhost/thisisavalidstring.
You have put a / in there, so it will not match. use something like:
RewriteRule ^/([a-z\/]+)$ /index.php?page=$1
(haven't tried it, but I assume it will work. I'm not too sure about the need to escape inside the [])
You probably meant to use
RewriteRule ^/([a-z/]+)$ /index.php?page=$1
or
RewriteRule ^/([a-z/]*/)?([a-z]+)$ /index.php?page=$2

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