URL rewrite [Beginner]

Server Config
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Hi folks,

i want when the client navigates to following url

http://www.example.com/view-property.php?pid=116

he should be seeing the below url in address bar

  http://www.example.com/property/116

i tried the following

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^property/([0-9]+)/?$ view\-property\.php?pid=$1 [NC,L]

but it does not work :frowning:

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The first thing to be aware of is that rewrite rules don’t “change” URLs per se. They enable the alternate, clean version of the URL. If you type the ugly URL into the address bar, it’ll still work. Rewrites make it so that you can also type the pretty URL into the address bar, and it’ll work too.

With that cleared up, probably all you need to do is remove the backslashes.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^property/([0-9]+)/?$ view-property.php?pid=$1 [L]

I also removed the RewriteBase and the NC. Neither of them were causing your problem, but you don’t need them.

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afridy,

Ditto the optional trailing / as it will cause problems with your relative links.

Regards,

DK

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Thanks so much jeff_matt,
yes not it works, but one problem. when i execute http://www.example.com/property/116, the page that appear seems jammed and no any css style is loaded. But the original page http://www.example.com/view-property.php?pid=116 is clean and neat. what could be the problem?

Also, in the tutorial i was reading, it said to escape any dashes. that’s y i had escaped the dashes.

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hmm, did not get you buddy, which slash u mean to remove?

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afridy,

RewriteRule ^property/([0-9]+)/?$ view-property.php?pid=$1 [L] ^^

Regards,

DK

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done sir

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^property/([0-9]+)?$ view-property.php?pid=$1 [L]
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afridy,

Aw, dump that ? in the regex, too! That’s what made the / optional.

Regards,

DK

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