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How to remove numbers from the url and redirect with 301

I have lots of user profile url and want remove user id from the url and redirect 301 with .htaccess For example my current url is http://www.example.com/1084-jerome-smith/profile.php and want redirect this way http://www.example.com/jerome-smith/profile.php

Solution

  • You may try this:

    RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/(.*)/[\d]+-(.*)$    [NC]
RewriteRule .*  %1/%2  [R=301,L]

    It will redirect permanently:

    http://www.example.com/1084-jerome-smith/profile.php

    To:

    http://www.example.com/jerome-smith/profile.php

    Will redirect any URL with this format: http://www.example.com/OptionalFolders/NumericID-anything-anything/anyname.php, where NumericID is the number 1084 to be removed in this case.