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Remove parameter in URL with .htaccess

Posted January 7, 2022 104 views
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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 January 7, 2022

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.

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  • brendRos January 7, 2022

    Yep, it worked as it’s suppose to!

    Thank you.

    Just have a quick question, where should I put the 301 rules that are inside my application and those going to outside sources?

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    • KFSys January 7, 2022

      Hi @brendRos,

      Glad to hear that.

      So it really depends on what the rules are but basically, you should put the 301 redirects that lead to external resources maybe before the first RewriteRule unless they need the removal of the index.php.

      As for the internal, maybe before the second RewriteCond.

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