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Asked: 2026-05-11T06:33:50+00:00

The actually URL which my app uses is: http://site.com/search.php?search=iPhone but I would like it

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The actually URL which my app uses is:

http://site.com/search.php?search=iPhone

but I would like it to be possible to achieve the same with 

http://site.com/iPhone

I have no experience of rewrite rules, how can I set this up?

The solution has worked but the new URL is displayed in the address bar. I thought it would have been possible to set this up so that it appears as though the page location is

http://site.com/iPhone

without changing to display 

http://site.com/search.php?search=iPhone

Is this possible? Thanks.

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  1. Create a file called .htaccess in the root of your website and put this in it.

    RewriteEngine on  Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteBase /   RewriteRule ^(.*) search.php?search=$1 [R]

    Should do the trick.

    I would suggest however that you make it a bit more specific, so maybe require the user of a search directory in your url. eg instead of mysite.com/IPhone use mysite.com/search/IPhone which would work like

    RewriteEngine on  Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteBase /   RewriteRule ^search/(.*) search.php?search=$1 [R]

    This makes it easier to have normal pages that arnt redirected, such as about us or a basic homepage.

    As Chris says, this is not PHP but Apache that does this, and whether it works can depend on your hosting setup.

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