Removing php variables from URL.

[impfut]

Hello,

I'm working on a site that has a navigation structure as follows:
www.mysite.com/?parent=services&child=design&page=overview

I am currently converting the above to this:
www.mysite.com/parent/services/child/design/page/overview
Using...

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]

RewriteRule ^([^/=]+)=([^/]*)(/(.+))?$ /$4?$1=$2 [N,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^/=]+)/([^/=]+)(/(.+))?$ /$4?$1=$2 [N,QSA]
RewriteRule ^([^/=]+)(/(.+))?$ /$3?$1 [N,QSA]

I need to be able to change it to:
www.mysite.com/services/design/overview

The site has over 100 pages so the URL's change e.g. "www.mysite.com/company/about/history" but there are always 3 levels ($parent $child $page).

Is this possible? It's really annoying me, I can't get it to work. Can anyone help me out please!

Cheers
Dave

[impfut]

Have I asked a stupid question?

[g1smd]

If URLs with parameter parts are already indexed, you need this redirect:

RewriteCond {%THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /(index\.php)?\?parent=([^&]*)&child=([^&]+*)&page=([^&]*)\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(index\.php)?$ http://www.example.com/%1/%2/%3 [R=301,L]

If URLs with 6 path parts are already indexed, you also need this redirect:

RewriteRule ^parent/([^/]+)/child/([^/]+)/page/([^.]+) http://www.example.com/$1/$2/$3 [R=301,L]

and then you need something like this rewrite for that new three-level URL:

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/.]+)$ /index.php?parent=$1&child=$2&page=$3 [L]

[impfut]

Brilliant! g1smd you are my hero!

Many thanks bud.
Dave

[g1smd]

Carefully test the code, and use Live HTTP Headers to ensure correct operation.

Clear browser cache before each test.

You will also need to add the usual non-www to www canonicalisation rules, just before the rewrite.