htaccess for php clean url
 

I am not versed in htaccess, but I understand that I can add a code to the htaccess file and that will display cleaner urls.

The page that I am referring to is our video production faq page.

Can someone help me with this question?

Thank you

Welcome to LQ, e11studios!
What http server, apache probably? How do you want which URL to look like? Is mod_rewrite loaded? If you don't know put a script info.php in the document root of the server and call it with a browser. Here the content of the file
<?
phpinfo();

?>

Thank you for responding. You are correct, it is an apache server. It would be nice to have the url look something like "www.episodexistudios.com/category/article" or anything similar. I'm sorry that I can't give you more information, but this is all very new to me.




I have posted the contents of the current htaccess below.




# always follow the symlinks
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews -Indexes

# if you want to use mod_rewrite, set this 'On'
RewriteEngine On

# the path to your faqs installation
RewriteBase /faqs/

# Maintenance Section - Uncomment the lines below according to your need
# Write below your client IP address (e.g.: 127.0.0.1)
# if you need to keep your web access during maintenance
#RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^127.0.0.1$
# Choose your way of closing the access to PMF:
# a. you can simply forbid access (HTTP 403 Error)
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ underMaintenance.html [F,L]
# b. return the user an explanation
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ underMaintenance.html [L]

# show all categories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /showcat\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=show [L,QSA]

# the search page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /search\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=search [L,QSA]

# opensearch
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /opensearch\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ opensearch.php [L,QSA]

# the add content page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /addcontent\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=add [L,QSA]

# the ask question page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /ask\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=ask [L,QSA]

# the open questions page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /open\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=open [L,QSA]

# the help page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /help\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=help [L,QSA]

# the contact page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /contact\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=contact [L,QSA]

# the glossary page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /glossary\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=glossary [L,QSA]

# a page with a record (backward compatibility)
# * http://[...]/1_1_en.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)_([a-z\-]+)\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)_(.*)_(.*)\.html$ index.php?action=artikel&cat=$1&id=$2&artlang=$3 [L,QSA]

# a category page with page count (backward compatibility)
# * http://[...]/category1_1.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} category([0-9]+)_([0-9]+)\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^category(.*)_(.*)\.html$ index.php?action=show&cat=$1&seite=$2 [L,QSA]

# a category page (backward compatibility)
# * http://[...]/category1.html
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} category([0-9]+)\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^category(.*)\.html$ index.php?action=show&cat=$1 [L,QSA]

# start page
RewriteRule ^index.html$ index.php [PT]

# sitemap (backward compatibility)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} sitemap-([a-zA-Z0-9]*)_([a-z\-]+)\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^sitemap-(.*)_(.*)\.html$ index.php?action=sitemap&letter=$1&lang=$2 [L,QSA]

# a solution id page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} solution_id_([0-9]+)\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^solution_id_(.*)\.html$ index.php?solution_id=$1 [L,QSA]

# PMF faq record page
# * http://[...]/content/1/1/<LANGUAGE CODE>/<FAQ TOPIC>.htm
# * http://[...]/content/1/1/<LANGUAGE CODE>/<FAQ TOPIC>.html
RewriteRule content/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/([a-z\-]+)/(.+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=artikel&cat=$1&id=$2&artlang=$3 [L,QSA]

# PMF category page with page count
# * http://[...]/category/1/<PAGE NUMBER/<CATEGORY NAME>.htm
# * http://[...]/category/1/<PAGE NUMBER/<CATEGORY NAME>.html
RewriteRule category/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/(.+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=show&cat=$1&seite=$2 [L,QSA]

# PMF category page
# * http://[...]/category/1/<CATEGORY NAME>.htm
# * http://[...]/category/1/<CATEGORY NAME>.html
RewriteRule category/([0-9]+)/(.+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=show&cat=$1 [L,QSA]

# PMF news page
# * http://[...]/news/<ID>/<LANGUAGE CODE>/<HEADER>.htm
# * http://[...]/news/<ID>/<LANGUAGE CODE>/<HEADER>.html
RewriteRule news/([0-9]+)/([a-z\-]+)/(.+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=news&newsid=$1&newslang=$2 [L,QSA]

# PMF sitemap
# * http://[...]/sitemap/<LETTER>/<LANGUAGE CODE>.htm
# * http://[...]/sitemap/<LETTER>/<LANGUAGE CODE>.html
RewriteRule sitemap/([^\/]+)/([a-z\-]+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=sitemap&letter=$1&lang=$2 [L,QSA]

# PMF Google sitemap
# * http://[...]/sitemap.xml
# * http://[...]/sitemap.gz
# * http://[...]/sitemap.xml.gz
RewriteRule sitemap.xml$ sitemap.xml.php [L]
RewriteRule sitemap.gz$ sitemap.xml.php?gz=1 [L]
RewriteRule sitemap.xml.gz$ sitemap.xml.php?gz=1 [L]

# PMF tags page with page count
# * http://[...]/tags/<ID>/<PAGE NUMBER>/<HEADER>.htm
RewriteRule tags/([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)/(.+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=search&tagging_id=$1&seite=$2 [L,QSA]

# PMF tags page
# * http://[...]/tags/<ID>/<HEADER>.htm
RewriteRule tags/([0-9]+)/([^\/]+)\.htm(l?)$ index.php?action=search&tagging_id=$1 [L,QSA]

# the instant response page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} instantresponse\.html$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?action=instantresponse [L,QSA]

# rest/json API
# * http://[...]/api/<ACTION>/<LANGUAGE CODE>/<...>
RewriteRule api/getVersion api.php?action=getVersion [L,QSA]
RewriteRule api/getApiVersion api.php?action=getApiVersion [L,QSA]
RewriteRule api/search/([a-z\-]+)/([a-z\-]+)$ api.php?action=search&lang=$1&q=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule api/getCategories api.php?action=getCategories [L,QSA]
RewriteRule api/getFaqs/([a-z\-]+)/([0-9]+) api.php?action=getFaqs&lang=$1&categoryId=$2 [L,QSA]
RewriteRule api/getFaq/([a-z\-]+)/([0-9]+) api.php?action=getFaq&lang=$1&recordId=$2 [L,QSA]