: Rewrite using .htaccess results in too many redirects I'm currently creating a webpage which requires rewrites to look nice. The URL is: u.{my_site}/get.php?fid={ID}. The URL entered should be:

@Rivera981

I actually found out (with the help of a friend) that

RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9]{3})$ get.php?fid= [PT]

Is sufficient.

Please do comment when this statement contains any traps or security issues.

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@Alves908

As mentioned in comments above, you'll need a RewriteCond directive in order to prevent an internal rewrite loop. Whilst the L flag terminates the current rule set, the entire process is started again with the rewritten URL, so we need a get-out clause.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^fid=
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)$ /get.php?fid= [L]


The 2nd %{QUERY_STRING} line prevents a rewrite loop by not rewriting if the query string is already present.

The 1st %{REQUEST_FILENAME} line prevents redirection if an existing file is requested. This is quite common when implementing "pretty" URLs, so you can request an arbitrary file if required. (As it happens this also prevents get.php being rewritten.)

Just to note, your pattern ^([^/]*)$ will not match URLs that contain a slash - there will be no match and the URL will not be rewritten. This may be desirable in your situation. However, if you wanted to match everything upto the first slash, or the entire string (if no slashes are found), then remove the end of string placeholder ($).

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