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RewriteRule Not Working in .htaccess file

I'm trying to change the URL of my website to show only the ID but It seems to not work...

I don't know why.. other commands of RewriteRule work well.. Actually the .htaccess file looks like belove

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^/?([0-9a-zA-Z-]+)/$ article.php?articleId=$1 [L]

I want that it works like this: Old_URL(to modify): mywebsite.it/article.php?articleId=15
I want something like this:mywebsite.it/article/15
But the URL remains the same actually: always display this:
mywebsite.it/article.php?articleId=15
Thanks in advance to every help :)

Solution

  • An internal rewrite will never change the URL visible in the browser. You are probably looking for an external redirection. Or better the combination of both:

    RewriteEngine On
# externally redirect old URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:^|&)articleId=(\d+)(?:&|$)
RewriteRule ^/?article/?$ /article/%1 [R=301,L]
# internally rewrite new URL
RewriteRule ^/?article/(\d+)/?$ /article.php?articleId=$1 [END]

    Those rules are meant to be implemented on top level. Best in the actual http server's host configuration. If you do not have access to that then a distributed configuration file will work (".htaccess") when located in the host's DOCUMENT_ROOT, but support for that needs to be enabled.

    It is a good idea to start out using a R=302 temporary redirection and only change that to a R=301 permanent redirection once you are happy with how things work. That prevents caching issues on the client side.