Question

I’m sorry but I don’t really completely understand how mod_rewrite works but I’d like to basically change the url:

/index.php?category=value1&video=value2

to be accessed via /value1/value2

could anybody tell me how to do this? thanks^^

Answer 1

Try this one here:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)/(.*)$ index.php?category=$1&video=$2 [L]

The first line enabled the usage from the mod_rewrite.

The second line is a condition which checks if there is a file with that name. If not continue with the next line.

The third one is a regular expression. The ^ markes the beginning and the $ the end of it. The /? means that at the beginning should be a optional / (this depends on the server configuration). The (.*) meanes a range of chars which from 0 until n. The brackets meanes that there is a group which can be called as $n here as $1 and $2.

Please note that AllowOverride All must be enabled in the server configuration.