clean URL using .htaccess

Question

I\'m trying to redirect the links on my domain. What I\'m trying to achieve is: When the user clicks on a link to

mydomain.com/index.php?dir=myfolder

Answer 1

Just append this rule at the end of your existing .htaccess file:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+index\.php\?dir=([^\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1? [R=301,L]

Answer 2

To prettify URLs of the format mydomain.com/index.php?dir=myfolder as mydomain.com/myfolder, try the following rewrite rule in your .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/?$ /index.php?dir=$1 [L]

Answer 3

I think you question is about making /index.php?dir=example redirect to /example. The below example issues a permanent redirection:

RewriteRule ^index\.php\?dir=?$ /$1 [NC,R=301,L]