Rewriting URL using HTACCESS for category name

Question

I want to rewrite the URL using htaccess... for converting below URL

• http://www.example.com/category.php?id=xyz

TO

• http://www.example.com/xyz

I don't want to write category in url, I am using below code but no use

RewriteRule ^(.*)/ category.php?id=$1
RewriteRule ^(.*) category.php?id=$1    

Answer 1

You need to use a RewriteCond to manipulate query strings.

RewriteEngine on


RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /category\.php\?id=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [NE,L,R]