url rewrite configure

[gongpex]

Hello everyone,

 

today I test to use url rewrite on .htaccess file after installation php and all of web need,

 

I try using simple url rewrite like :

RewriteEngine OnRewriteRule ^test.php  test2.php [NC]

then I open my browser and type : localhost/test.php.

 

this link is open but didn't rewrite to localhost/test2.php

 

Q : Is there some mistake/lack configuration on http.conf at apache? or this code rewrite that wrong?

 

please help

 

thanks

 

 

[justsomeguy]

URL rewriting does not change the URL you see in the browser, it tells the web server to use a different file to handle a given URL.

[gongpex]

hello,

 

yes you right, if user open test.php this will change to test2.php,

 

but when I tried this on local server (localhost/test.php) this won't work, and the result still same only open test.php not open test2.php,

 

I use this just to try if "RewriteEngine " work or not.

 

Q : Is there something wrong on my http.conf?

 

please help

 

Thanks

[thescientist]

maybe you want a redirect instead? Like JSG, you can't rewrite the URL. You can take a vanity URL and map that to an actual file though.

[gongpex]

No, I want just to test URL rewrite,

 

I want to : from : localhost/index.php become localhost/index

 

and

 

localhost/?p=example become localhost/example

 

please help

thanks