PHP .htaccess -> pretty url (in reverse)

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RewriteEngine on

# Prevents browser looping, which does seem
#   to occur in some specific scenarios. Can't
#   explain the mechanics of this problem in
#   detail, but there we go.
RewriteCond %{ENV:REDIRECT_STATUS} 200
RewriteRule .* - [L]

# Hard-rewrite ("[R]") to "friendly" URL.
# Needs RewriteCond to match original querystring.
# Uses "?" in target to remove original querystring,
#   and "%n" backrefs to move its components.
# Target must be a full path as it's a hard-rewrite.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=(\d+)&cat=(\d+)$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://example.com/index/%1/%2/? [L,R]

# Soft-rewrite from "friendly" URL to "real" URL.
# Transparent to browser.
RewriteRule ^index/(\d+)/(\d+)/$ /index.php?id=$1&cat=$2

Of course, ideally, you’d just fix your links, and then you’d only require the soft-rewrite. 🙂

Tested with Apache/2.2.3. I think I made up the terms “hard-rewrite” and “soft-rewrite”.

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