Apache Rewrite rules - remove '/'s in URL

Question

I need a Rewrite Rule for apache to rewrite urls like:

to

So, I need to remove all / parts between the "archives" and the last /, preserving the part before the / and after the /.

Peter Boughton · Accepted Answer · 2009-05-10 22:52:56Z

up vote 2 down vote accepted

Something like this should do what you want:

RewriteRule ^(/~dun3/archives/).+?/([^/]+/[^/]+)$ $1$2 [L,R=301]

(The final R=301 part sends a HTTP 301 Moved Permanently header, which I presume is what you want to do, but if not you can simply omit that part.)

edited May 10 '09 at 22:52

answered May 10 '09 at 22:45

Peter Boughton
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Cool, that's exactly what I needed. Thanks. – Tobias Hertkorn May 11 '09 at 12:40

chaos · Answer 2 · 2009-05-10 23:33:57Z

up vote 0 down vote

RewriteRule ^(.*?)/(.*?)/.*/(.*?)/(.*?)$ $1/$2/$3/$4

answered May 10 '09 at 23:33

chaos
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