Question

I can’t seem to get the RewriteRule to take affect – it just isn’t matching.

My url: http://www.example.com/users/username/articles/2012/03/12/article-title.php

My .htaccess code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^users/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/articles/$ article.php?url=/users/$1/articles/$2 [L]

Answer 1

The RewriteRule you listed only captures URLs that end with “articles/”. You need to add something to capture the rest of the text, like (.*), giving you

RewriteRule ^users/([a-zA-Z0-9]+)/articles/(.*)$ article.php?url=/users/$1/articles/$2 [L]