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Hello! i didnt see any primary forum this should be in, so i'll ask the animals of PHP.

I really want the url

to be

Anyone got any idea? i've been searching and trying all day, but my brain capacity is not online today..

I will hug you...:(

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— the goal (turning index.php?page=images into /index/images) is simple; was on the right track but the suggestion had a small syntax issue and missed a few practical points (context, trailing slash, preserving extra query data, and avoiding redirect loops). Below is a concise, working .htaccess approach and a short checklist to make it reliable.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# internal rewrite: /index/images  ->  index.php?page=images
RewriteRule ^index/([^/]+)/?$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]

# optional: redirect old query URLs to clean URLs (use 302 for testing, then 301)
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/index\.php\?page=([^&\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /index/%1? [R=302,L]

Notes and troubleshooting:

  • Put this in the site root .htaccess. In per-directory context the pattern must not start with a slash; the substitution for the internal rewrite should be index.php... (no leading slash).
  • QSA keeps any extra GET parameters. The THE_REQUEST + redirect pattern ensures only browser requests for the old query form get redirected (prevents redirect loops after the internal rewrite).
  • If nothing happens, confirm mod_rewrite is enabled (try apache2ctl -M or apachectl -M and grep for rewrite) and that Apache allows .htaccess (AllowOverride All for your document root).
  • Test redirects with R=302 first, watch Apache error/access logs, and switch to R=301 when happy. On shared hosts, check with support if rewrites appear blocked.

If the site uses a router or CMS that inspects REQUEST_URI, adapt patterns accordingly (for example accept other slugs or deeper paths). This should get the clean /index/images URLs working reliably.

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if you have time, site point have an article on url rewriting

That article didnt tell me anything tho.. but to hell with it, i cant understand htaccess so i'll just keep it as it is

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index/([^/]*)\$ /index.php?page=$1 [L]

htaccess
I think that may do it.

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