htaccess - remove index.php and keep a variable without key

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original url is one of the following:

  • example.com
  • example.com/index.php
  • example.com/index.php?c=lorem

if example.com - nothing should be done
if example.com/index.php - it should be visible as example.com and here is my code - works fine:

RewriteEngine ON
RewriteRule ^index\.php/?$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/ [NC,R=301]
RewriteRule ^/?$ index.php [L]

if example.com/index.php?c=lorem it should be visible as example.com/lorem

and lorem should be accessible by php in both cases:

  • if a user type example.com/index.php?c=lorem or
  • a user type example.com/lorem

pls help

url-rewriting .htaccess friendly-url mod-rewrite apache
2 Answers

Could you please try following, based on your shown samples. Please do clear your browser cache before testing your URLs.

RewriteEngine ON
##This rule is for handling index.php file in uri.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^index\.php/?$ / [R=301,NC,L]
   
##This rule is to redirect from index.php?c=lorem to lorem in uri.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php\?c=(lorem)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/%1? [R=301,L,NE]

##Rule for non-existing files/directories to index.php with variables.
RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?c=$1 [L]

OR: Above is for specifically lorem in case your query string could be anything then try following.

RewriteEngine ON
##This rule is for handling index.php file in uri.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^index\.php/?$ / [R=301,NC,L]
   
##This rule is to redirect from index.php?c=lorem to lorem in uri.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} index\.php\?c=([^\s&]*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://%{HTTP_HOST}/%1? [R=301,L,NE]

##Rule for non-existing files/directories to index.php with variables.
RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond  %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?c=$1 [L]
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You may use these rules in your site root .htaccess:

DirectoryIndex index.php
RewriteEngine On

# remove index.php
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /index\.php\s [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.*/)index\.php$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301,NE]

# external redirect from actual URL to pretty one
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+index\.php\?c=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,L,NE]

# internal forward from pretty URL to actual one
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/?$ index.php?c=$1 [L,QSA]
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