Question

I’m sure this is something simple, but no matter what I do it seems I break my file. With that said, what I am trying to do is use mod_rewrite to setup a bilingual website. I’m going to be using $_Get to define the language. I am then planning on using mod_rewrite to make at a little more SEO friendly. So instead of having every page like this: http://www.shiningashes.net/index.php?lg=en or http://www.shiningashes.net/support.php?lg=en I want the site to be like http://www.shiningashes.net/en/support. So how can I get is so that mod rewrite breaks down the url into chunks and rebuilds it? (http://www. Root domain / language / file-directory name)

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^([A-Z]{2})/(.+)$ $2.php?lg=$1 [QSA,L,NC]

#EXternal redirect /support.php?lg=en from to /en/support
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+([^.]+)\.php\?lg=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%2/%1? [R=301,L]