.htaccess RewriteRule to convert query-type URL structure to directory-type URL

Question

I want to convert the below url:

/letters.php?q=test&d=789&t=2

to:

/test/789/2

I tried something as below, but it did not work:

RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /letters.php?q=$1&d=$2&t=$3 [R=301,L]

Your title and question body ask for opposite things. Please adjust one of them. — John Gardeniers, Dec 31 '12 at 09:39

Richard Banks · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-31T09:00:53.090

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You would need to break up the RewriteRule extract each part of the uri i.e. test, 789 and 2; like this:

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$ /letters.php?q=$1&d=$2&t=$3 [NC]

There is a good article on .htaccess tip and tricks that shows how rewrite rules work.

edited Dec 31 '12 at 09:00

answered Dec 31 '12 at 08:49

Richard Banks

@Fun if this answer solve your problem, do not forget to [accept it](http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/5235/182741). – j0k Dec 31 '12 at 09:44
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If you're going to be doing redirects for more than one page (ex: letters.php, words.php, etc) consider putting in a constant unique part to the URL like `^letters/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/]+)$...`. – Tarek Fadel Dec 31 '12 at 10:29

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