how to remove folder name from url using htaccess

Question

I want to change the URL from:

http://example.com/Portfolios/iPhone/app

To:

http://example.com/iPhone/app

And same for all URLs like:

example.com/Portfolios/iPad/app

To:

example.com/iPad/app

And from:

example.com/Portfolios/xyz/app

To:

example.com/xyz/app

I have tried a lot but nothing is working for me.

---

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   RewriteEngine on
   RewriteRule ^Portfolios(/.*|)$ $1 [L,NC]  
</IfModule>

Answer 1

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through Apache config and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory :

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^Portfolios/(.*)$ /$1 [L,NC,R=302]

Explanation: Above rule is matching URL pattern that starts with Portfolios and have somthing like /Portfolios/xyz/app and puts xyz/app in $1 . It makes an external redirection to /$1 ie /xyz/app .

These are the flags used:

L  - Last Rule
NC - Ignore (No) Case comparison
R  - External redirection (with 302)

Once you verify it is working fine, replace R=302 to R=301 . Avoid using R=301 (Permanent Redirect) while testing your mod_rewrite rules.

Answer 2

You can also set your root directory as /var/www/Portfolios instead of /var/www/ in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled by writing DocumentRoot line as

DocumentRoot /var/www/Portfolios

instead of DocumentRoot /var/www/ and also this line < Directory /var/www/ > changed to

< Directory /var/www/Portfolios/ >