Question

I’ve done RewriteRule for index page in my website.

Here is the code below:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/?$ /index.php?origin=$1
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/?$ /index.php?origin=$1&gender=$2
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/?$ /index.php?origin=$1&gender=$2&type=$3
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)/?$ /index.php?origin=$1&gender=$2&type=$3&page=$4
</IfModule>

and the url is looks like

http://babynames.agurchand.com/scottish/male/pythagorean

It’s a single page website, so everything is working fine so far.
Then i wanted to add one more page on my website and i have added too. file name is ‘namemeaning.php’.

I’ve added the below code in addition of the htaccess pasted, at the bottom. But It doesn’t seem to be working.

RewriteRule ^/namemeaning/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/?$ /namemeaning/namemeaning.php?name=$1

I’ve tried with the below url, but I’m still being referred to the index page only.

http://babynames.agurchand.com/namemeaning/abasi

Can anyone give me a solution for this please!

Answer 1

You’re being forwarded to the index page because your regular expression for the index page fits your request. You’re being sent to index.php?origin=namemeaning&gender=abasi

http://babynames.agurchand.com/namemeaning/abasi
'namemeaning' fits the rule ([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)
'abasi' fits the rule ([a-zA-Z0-9+\-]+)

A simple fix would be adding the line

RewriteRule ^/namemeaning/([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/?$ /namemeaning/namemeaning.php?name=$1

above the line

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9+\-\(\)]+)/?$ /index.php?origin=$1

You should remember to always place the most specific RewriteRule(s) above those that are more general.

For more information about regular expressions, I can advice you this website.