I am new in .htaccess. I have read the documentation, but couldn't make the redirect rule work.
I want RewriteRule for following
http://mywebsite.com/restaurants/59393/the-grounds-of-alexandria.htm
to
http://mywebsite.com/restaurants/the-grounds-of-alexandria
I have tried out this
RewriteRule ^(.*)/[0-9]/(.*)$ ^(.*)/(.*)/$ [R=301,L]
Also how can u get the subdomain and put it to the front of all links, like this
http://sydney.mywebsite.com/restaurants/59393/the-grounds-of-alexandria.htm
to
http://mywebsite.com/sydney/restaurants/the-grounds-of-alexandria
but no result.
Rewrite this is simple:
http://mywebsite.com/restaurants/59393/the-grounds-of-alexandria.htm
to
http://mywebsite.com/restaurants/the-grounds-of-alexandria
Your rewrite rule RewriteRule ^(.*)/[0-9]/(.*)$ ^(.*)/(.*)/$ [R=301,L] is too global for the urls. Second of all you just say [0-9] with means only one digit.
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/[0-9]+/([^.]+)\.htm$ /$1/$2 [R=301,L]
Try this one ;)
Edit (for second question):
http://sydney.mywebsite.com/restaurants/59393/the-grounds-of-alexandria.htm
to
http://mywebsite.com/sydney/restaurants/the-grounds-of-alexandria
Sure ;) There you have to work with RewriteCond.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} ^([^\.]+)\.mywebsite\.com/([^/]+)/[0-9]+/([^.]+)\.htm
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://mywebsite.com/%1/%2/%3 [R=301,L]
For explanation, the %1-3 can be used from the previous match to be used in the RewriteRule Statement. This should work for every subdomain and only for subdomains. If you want a specific subdomain you can adjust the first line to ^(sidney|othersubdomain|anothersubdomain)\.mywebsite\.com....