I'm new to rewriting urls and wanted to know how i would rewrite
From this /profile/4
To this /profile.php?id=4
I have this rule so far
RewriteRule ^profile/([0-9]+)/?$ profile.php?id=$1
but it displays this in the browser
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
It displays /profile/4/index.php in the browser address bar which is incorrect.
.htaccess file
<Files .htaccess>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Files>
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
#ErrorDocument 404 /test.php
DirectoryIndex test.php
RewriteRule settings editProfile.php
RewriteRule update update.php
RewriteRule home test.php
RewriteRule ^profile/([0-9]+)/?$ profile.php?id=$1
You are pretty much there. Try using this instead
RewriteRule ^profile/(.*)$ profile.php?id=$1
I found this good free resource online to help you test your rewrite rules before you post them to your live site. This may help for the future. It looks like your rule should work as you have it posted though. The problem must be somewhere else.
Your rule is just fine so there's a redirection somewhere conflicting with it. I suppose that you don't have a real directory at /profile/4 so they main candidate left is mod_negotiation. Try this:
Options -MultiViews