PHP Clean URLs not working as intended

Question

I am trying to use a .htaccess file to change my URLs from

xxx/table/change.php?id=1

to

xxx/table/change/1

I have the following code in my .htaccess file, which is in the root folder of my web site.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^change/([^/\.]+)/?$ change.php?id=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^change/([^/\.]+)/?$ change.php?id=$1 [L]

However when I restart Apache and visit the desired URL, it still shows up as

xxx/table/change.php?id=1

Any suggestions?

mod_rewrite is uncommented in the httpd.conf file.

are you confusing the slashes? supposed to be forward slash `xxx/table/change/1` — Ibu, Jul 19 '12 at 18:29
What is `the desired URL` that you're visiting? If you're going to `change.php?id=1` it's not going to redirect you to the clean one. — Steve Robbins, Jul 19 '12 at 18:32
Yes, your problem seems to be solved. You can visit the page at `xxx/table/change.php?id=1` and `xxx/table/change/1`. Look at Wikipedia, you can use `/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia` or `/wiki/Wikipedia`. Visiting the long URL does nothing with the .HTAccess. Visiting the shortened one does. Therefore, you can use either. — Cole Tobin, Jul 19 '12 at 18:34
@stevether maybe I am confused as to how this works then. I am looking to click an ID on a table, which links to change.php?id=1, however I am looking for it to redirect to change/1 — Amaerth, Jul 19 '12 at 18:34

Ibu · Answer 1 · 2012-07-19T18:34:21.680

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how about you use

change/(\d+)$ change.php?id=$1 [L]

that is when you visit

xxx/table/change/1

you are not redirected or 404, you get the correct page. is that what you are looking for?

edited Jul 19 '12 at 18:34

answered Jul 19 '12 at 18:27

Ibu

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