: File need to go through a php page using .htaccess I'm looking for a way to convert this type of URL: http://www.example.com/dl/F5EGD6 Into http://www.example.com/dl/files/my_file.zip using a PHP

@Chiappetta492

I'd do it this way:

RewriteEngine on
# Check if the requested url stats with /dl/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/dl/ #if so, redirect everything to dl.php, placing everything in $_GET['url']:
RewriteRule ^dl/files/(.*) /dl.php?url= [L]


Requesting www.example.com/dl/files/my_file.zip will result in calling dl.php, where $_GET['url'] == 'my_file.zip'. The user will not see this in the urlbar, they'll just keep seeing their original url.

Safety tip: It's obvious you have to use a file_exists(), but do not forget to check if ../ is in the url. If I where to call example.com/dl/files/../../index.php, I'd get your index.php, or any other file I want (if I knew your file structure).

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@Correia994

If I were going to transform
www.example.com/dl/files/zip.zip

into
www.example.com/dl.php?what=zip.zip

I would do something like

RewriteRule ^dl/files/(.*)$ dl.php?what=


That matches www.example.com/dl/files/anythinghereincludingslash/ and would transform it into www.example.com/dl.php?what=anythinghereincludingslash/.
I think that's probably what you're looking for.

N.B. mod_rewrite would need to be enabled.

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