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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules Adding A Trailing Slash

Gabriel Jones
Gabriel Jones
4,822 Points
Posted by Gabriel Jones
Gabriel Jones
4,822 Points

Rewrite Rule Challenge

What's wrong with my code? I get an error: Something was wrong with your htaccess file. Please try again.

RewriteEngine  On   
RewriteRule ^flavors/$ /all_flavors.php
RewriteRule ^/flavors$ flavors/

1 Answer

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Gabriel,

Try the following:

RewriteRule ^flavors$ /flavors/ [R=301]

This is saying that if "flavors" doesn't have the trailing slash then permanently redirect to "flavors" with the trailing slash.

Gabriel Jones
Gabriel Jones
4,822 Points
Gabriel Jones
Gabriel Jones
4,822 Points

Thanks Jason, that worked great. I just forgot the redirect.