Hiding multiple dynamically-named subdirectories with mod_rewrite in .htaccess

I am having difficulty configuring a mod_rewrite rule in my .htaccess file to hide certain subdirectories.

Input: https://example.com/hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/additional_sub/file.php?lang=en-US

Desired output: https://example.com/en-US/additional_sub/file

I had code that allowed me to hide something if I specifically name it:

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET\ /hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/ [NC] RewriteRule ^hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/(.*) /$1 [L,R=301] RewriteRule !^hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/ hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2%{REQUEST_URI} [L] 

However, it stopped working once I added in the following language subdirectory code:

RewriteRule ^([a-z]{2}(-[A-Z]{2})?)/(.*) $3?lang=$1 [L,QSA] 

Besides, the name of the subdirectory is dynamic. "hidden_sub1" might be "random_name243". However, they would always be the first two subdirectories.

So how do I take out the first two randomly-named subdirectories while still keeping the language subdirectory?

I appreciate any help.

1 Answers

Answers 1

To change your url from the form

• https://example.com/hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/additional_sub/file.php?lang=en-US

To the form :

• https://example.com/en-US/additional_sub/file

You can use the following Rewrite rule

RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / #1)externally redirect "/hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/foo.php?lang=bar" to "/bar/foo" RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/([^.]+)\.php\?lang=(.+)\sHTTP [NC] RewriteRule ^ /%2/%1? [L,R=301] #2)internally rewrite "/bar/foo" to "/hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/foo.php?lang=bar" RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/?$ /hidden_sub1/hidden_sub2/$2.php?lang=$1 [NC,L] 

Tested on apache 2.2. and 2.4.

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