I have two different URLs:
1.: mysite.com/file.php
2.: mysite.com/**articles**.php?article=**something**
I would like to rewrite mysite.com/file.php to mysite.com/file.
AND
I would like to rewrite mysite.com/**articles**.php?article=something to mysite.com/**news**/**something**
I tried this but it's not working.
It rewrite mysite.com/file.php to mysite.com/file, but does not rewrite mysite.com/**articles**.php?article=**something** to mysite.com/**news**/**something**
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /([^?\ ]+)\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !exception.php
RewriteRule ^news/([^/]+)(/*)$ /articles.php?article=$1
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)\.php$ /$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ /$1.php [L]
(There is one exception in the code: exception.php which I don't want to rewrite.)
Can you please correct my code? I've been working on this for 4 days, I've read everything, but I can't do it.
With your shown samples and attempts please try following .htaccess rules file. Please make sure to clear your browser cache before testing your URLs.
RewriteEngine ON
##External redirect for file.php file.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/?exception\.php [NC]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/(file)\.php/?\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,L]
##Internal rewrite for php files.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/?$ $1.php [QSA,L]
##external + internal rewrite rules for articile.php here.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/articles\.php\?article=(\S+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /news/%1? [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^news/([^/]*)$ articles.php?article=$1 [NC,QSA,L]