.htaccess php Rewrite

Question

I have a problem rewritting /authentication/view_profile?user=(username) to myurl.com/profil/(username)

Right now my .htaccess file is:

RewriteEngine On
#Rewrite /view.php?vis=id to /opslag/vis/id
#RewriteRule ^opslag/vis/(\d+)$ /opslag/view.php?vis=$1 [NC,QSA,L]

#Rewrite authentication/view_profile.php?user=* to profil/*
RewriteRule ^profil/(\d+)$ /authentication/view_profile.php?user=$1 [NC,QSA,L]

#Remove index.php
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

#Remove /page/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L]

I'm already using a rule to rewrite another one, which is the "#Rewrite view.php?vis=id to /opslag/vis/id

Right now my URL's look like this:

<a href='/profil/$_SESSION[username]'>Vis profil</a>

I hope you wanna help me.

If you need some details please just tell me.. :o)

Answer 1

Use this one instead:

RewriteRule ^profil/([^/]+)$ /authentication/view_profile.php?user=$1 [NC,QSA,L]

Your rule can only accept usernames if they consist of digits only (\d+). This one ([^/]+) will accept any characters (except /, which is a folder delimiter).

P.S. Consider reading this Introduction to regular expressions and mod_rewrite if you plan to use .htaccess and URL rewrite rules on regular basis.