apache - Url rewriting mod_rewrite

Question

I have the url such as:

 page.com/content.php?xname=p&yname=q&zid=1

I want to rewrite this url using apache mod_rewrite into something like:

 page.com/p/q/

note there should not be 'zid' parameter in renamed url. I know expressions are passed as GET into the original url. Is it possible to rename as above. If yes, How to achieve this?

Answer 1

This one works fine for me and will rewrite request for /p/q/ to /content.php?xname=p&yname=q&zid=1.

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/$ content.php?xname=$1&yname=$2&zid=1 [QSA,L]

1. This rule is to be placed in .htaccess in website root folder. If placed elsewhere some small tweaking may be required.

2. It will not rewrite if requested URL is a real file or folder (I'm sure you do not want to rewrite images or some other pages -- I had to add such condition since I do not know what is your website structure is).