.htaccess: Slugs and file extensions

Question

I'm looking for a way to disable access to file, if not accessed through slug. for example, I have /members.php?page=login . I want to change it, by forcing the user access /login (redirect the long url into a short slug) and prevent direct access from the long url.

When I try to do something like:

RewriteRule ^members.php?page=login login [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^login members.php?page=login [L]

It turns into an infinite loop (as firefox says: "Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.").

I've enabled the "options" at the beginning of file ( Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews )

How can I make it right?

Thanks.

Answer 1

try this:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^login$ index.php?page=login [L]

Answer 2

You can use the following :

RewriteEngine on
# externally redirect "/members.php?page=login" to "/login"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /members\.php\?page=login [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /login [L,R]
#rewrite "/login" back to "/members.php?page=login"
RewriteRule ^login members.php?page=login [L]