rewriting URL to all lowercase

Question

I have this rewrite rule in my .htaccess

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?(.*)$ /$1.php/$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^api/([a-z]+)/([a-z]+) /api/$1_$2.php

How can I modify this to change everything in my URL to lowercase?

i.e. This:

www.mysite.com/ThisURL/SHOULD/be_all_lowercse

Should be

www.mysite.com/thisurl/should/be_all_lowercase

possible duplicate of [Convert to lowercase in a mod_rewrite rule](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2923658/convert-to-lowercase-in-a-mod-rewrite-rule) — Marc B, May 05 '12 at 05:06

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '12 at 05:03

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This article describes how to do it:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteMap  lc int:tolower
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} [A-Z]
RewriteRule (.*) ${lc:$1} [R=301,L]

answered May 05 '12 at 05:03

daniel.auener

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Mark Reed · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-05T05:33:21.880

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Define a RewriteMap of type int (internal) referencing the tolower function, and call it where you want to do the lowercasing:

RewriteMap  lc int:tolower
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?(.*)$ /${lc:$1}.php/${lc:$2} [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^api/([a-z]+)/([a-z]+) /api/${lc:$1}_${lc:$2}.php}

edited May 05 '12 at 05:33

answered May 05 '12 at 05:07

Mark Reed

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Hi Mark. I get a 500 error when I use the sample above. Any idea why? – Paul Dessert May 05 '12 at 05:27
probably have to use only variables as function arguments. try above. – Mark Reed May 05 '12 at 05:33
Still a 500 error. I have the general idea now. I'll play with it. Thanks for the help! – Paul Dessert May 05 '12 at 05:36

rewriting URL to all lowercase

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