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Remove parameter in URL with .htaccess

Hello Community,

I’m again trying to do some stuff with .htaccess and for some reason am not able to.

I want to remove a parameter from my URL. Let me give you an example, let’s say I have something in the lines of MyDomain.com/index.php?band=brend, I want to make it look like this MyDomain.com/brend.

I’ve tried a couple of options and so far managed to remove the extention from the link but to that extend.

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KFSys
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• January 7, 2022
Accepted Answer

Hi @brendRos,

Nice seeing you again!

So, I think a redirect like the following should work:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/index\.php\?band=(\S+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/?$ index.php?band=$1 [QSA,L]

Also, just a quick note, you’ll need to pass your argument to index.php in the backend to make use of them but I’m sure you already know that.

0c9a081af64e4e248c66ab2c0793ec • September 16, 2024

.htaccess how to REMOVE PARAMETERS EXCLUDE SOME PAGES?

I used the following commands in .htaccess to remove the parameters of a URL SUCCESSFUL RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !=“” RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /$1? [R=301,L]

For example: https://your-domain.com/product/apple1/?v=e14da64a5617 It will be successful https://your-domain.com/product/apple1/

However, it’s applied to all pages. If I just want to EXCLUDE for the following 2 pages, so how should I edit the .htaccess commands?

Url1: https://your-domain.com/cart/ Url2: https://your-domain.com/checkout/

Hope you can support me, thanks. Nguyen

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