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Rewrite urls php/mysql page with htaccess apache

I have a search form to search for a health institution in a city. when I display the results I have this URL for example : search.php?city=mycity&speciality=cardiology

I would like to rewrite this URL like this: health-institution-cardiology-mycity

I set up an .htaccess rule like this :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule health-entity-([a-zA-Z\-]+)-([a-zA-Z\-]+) search.php?city=$2&speciality=$1

It doesn't work, however, I applied this rule to another type of URL and it works

is there any issue with the code? do I need to add something?

Solution

  • This will work:

    RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^health-institution-([a-z]+)-([a-z]+)/?$ search.php?city=$2&speciality=$1 [NC,L]

    Note: The NC (No Case) at the end makes the rurl case insensitive.