issue with url parameters in htaccess-CodePudding

RewriteRule ^/pages/topic\.php?tag=$1 /topics/([^/] ) [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^topics/([^/] )/?$  /pages/topic.php?tag=$1 [END]

My problem is with the 301 redirect, I believe the problem is with the tag=$1 and /([^/] ) I'm not entirely sure I've done this correctly, My desired result is that when the user navigates to /pages/topic.php?tag=cryptocom that the user is then redirected to /topics/cryptocom/ Thanks for your help.

CodePudding user response：

With your shown attempts/samples, please try following htaccess rules file.

Please make sure to clear your browser cache before testing your URLs.

RewriteEngine ON
##External redirect rules here.
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/pages/([^.]*)\.php\?tag=(\S )\s
RewriteRule ^ /%1/%2? [R=301,L]

##Internal rewrite rules here...
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^topics/([^/] )/?$  /pages/topic.php?tag=$1 [NC,QSA,L]