SEO with .htaccess not working on local WAMP server

Question

I'm developing a frontend/backend application using PHP/MySQL. The project is almost done but I want to mask the variables displayed on the URL but something is not working on my WAMP local server.

mod_rewrite is active in Apache.

Below I provide us the information needed:

http://127.0.0.1/bookstoreSystem/index.php?page=home&language=en

I want to transform the URL above into:

http://127.0.0.1/bookstoreSystem/en/home/

I used the following code in the .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /^([^/]*)/^([^/]*)/\.php index.php?page=$1&language=$2

beyond this, when I run this code and tried to see the site, nothing changes or not working

What's the correct way to achieve this?

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The .htaccess is placed on this path:

c:/wamp/www/

and the project folder

c:/wamp/www/bookstoreSystem

Answer 1

Your code is a bit confusing:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /^([^/]*)/^([^/]*)/\.php index.php?page=$1&language=$2

What is that \\.php supposed to be?

Try this instead:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule     ^([a-z0-9-_]+)/([a-z0-9-_]+)/?$    index.php?page=$1&language=$2 [L]

Also, unclear about where in your system the .htaccess will be placed based on this URL:

http://127.0.0.1/bookstoreSystem/en/home/

So it might be best to shift the captured parameters over by one number; to $2 and $3 instead if $1 and $2 :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule     ^([a-z0-9-_]+)/([a-z0-9-_]+)/?$    index.php?page=$2&language=$3 [L]

EDIT: The original poster now says:

The .htaccess is placed on this path:

 c:/wamp/www/ 

and the project folder

 c:/wamp/www/bookstoreSystem 

Two solutions. First, just take the .htaccess and place it in c:/wamp/www/bookstoreSystem .

Or keep the .htaccess in c:/wamp/www/ and just use this reworked RewriteRule :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule     ^([a-z0-9-_]+)/([a-z0-9-_]+)/([a-z0-9-_]+)/?$    index.php?page=$2&language=$3 [L]

Note the three capture areas of ^([a-z0-9-_]+) . That captures all three segments, but the rule then only uses $2 & $3 . Which means that bookstoreSystem/ gets discarded, but en/home/ is acted on.