.Htaccess rewrite to username

Question

I'm a beginner in php and primarily with htaccess part. It's pretty darn confusing.

So I have this file :-

www.domain.com/profile.php?username=my_username

How can I make the above accessible using only :-

wwww.domain.com/my_username

Any kind of directions would be helpful

Something that I tried :-

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/([0-9]+)$ /profile.php?username=$1

.htaccess and php have nothing to do with each other in this case, other than you're trying to hide something. — Jay Blanchard, Jul 05 '17 at 19:46

anubhava · Answer 1 · 2017-07-05T20:53:12.993

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You can use these set of rule in your site root .htaccess:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /foldername/

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /profile\.php\?username=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L,NE]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([\w-]+)/?$ profile.php?username=$1 [L,QSA]

edited Jul 05 '17 at 20:53

answered Jul 05 '17 at 20:34

anubhava

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Doesn't work. Says "Not Found". I'm using a mac, if that helps. – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 20:38
.htaccess is located in the same directory as profile.php Full url is :- http://localhost/foldername/profile.php – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 20:48
Your question doesn't mention presence of `foldername`. What happens when you enter `localhost/foldername/username` ? – anubhava Jul 05 '17 at 20:52
When I load `localhost/foldername/username` it says :- Not Found – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 20:54
It's still the same. Not found. – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 20:59
Verify whether your `.htaccess` is enabled or not, by putting some garbage (random) text on top of your `.htaccess` and see if it generates 500 (internal server) error or not when you visit your page in browser. 500 error means .htaccess is enabled. – anubhava Jul 05 '17 at 21:00
I don't think it's enabled. I entered some random text and loaded `profile.php?username=myusername` amd it loaded fine. – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 21:02
So I just enabled .htaccess from httpd.conf. I removed all random text and only your solution is present. It still throws a 500 eror. – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 21:16
Check your Apache error.log to know what is the error – anubhava Jul 05 '17 at 21:30
Voila! the entire log is empty – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 21:43
That means you are not looking at right place. Every 500 error has an entry in Apache error.log – anubhava Jul 05 '17 at 21:48
I deleted my log file and then recreated it. Now apache ain't saving any logs into it. Damn me – xanderpower Jul 05 '17 at 22:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '17 at 19:59

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you can achieve this by .htaccess

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f

RewriteRule ^/(\d+)*$ ./profile.php?username=$1

answered Jul 05 '17 at 19:59

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Orlando P. · Answer 3 · 2017-07-05T23:32:58.733

The .htaccess file has to be given permission by apache to modify/override settings, depending on your host this might not be enabled by default.

As others have mentioned .htaccess isn't part of PHP it's a file that tells apache how to deal with certain request and what parts of the server are allow to be accessed along with other functionality.

You can achieve your desired result with rewritecond just make sure the Rewrite Engine is enabled.

Here is some more information about .htaccess https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/the-ultimate-guide-to-htaccess-files--net-4757

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