Hiding folder in the URL using .htaccess

Question

How can I change my URL from showing: www.example.com/p/tools to just www.example.com/tools?

I've tried to play around with the .htaccess a little bit, but unfortunately couldn't make it work.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [NC,L]
</IfModule>

Welcome to SO, kindly do share your htaccess Rule file in your question thank you — RavinderSingh13
– RavinderSingh13, Commented Mar 3, 2021 at 22:10
@RavinderSingh13 Thank you for your kindness. I just uploaded that right away! :-) — Berkanktk
– Berkanktk, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 3:23

RavinderSingh13 · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-04 03:44:44Z

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Based on your shown samples, could you please try following.

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

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R,L]

RewriteRule ^p/(.*)/?$ $1 [NC,R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} /([^.]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1 [NC,L,R]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}.html [NC,L]
</IfModule>

answered Mar 4, 2021 at 3:44

RavinderSingh13

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Berkanktk Over a year ago

Hmm, i mean. The /p is gone now, but i have another problem. The URL now turns to: https://www.example.com/public_html/tools and gives me a "404 Not Found" error :/

RavinderSingh13 Over a year ago

@Berkanktk, I honestly thought about it, so for non existing files and directories to which file(index.php OR index.html) you want it to rewrite? If you can let me know this one I can fix it, cheers.

Berkanktk Over a year ago

I'm sorry, but i am not sure i understand what you mean by that. I have a html.index though. If that helps?

RavinderSingh13 Over a year ago

@Berkanktk, you are getting 404 because that page/directory doesn't exist, that's why I asked if a page is non existing then to which file it should point out in backend?

Berkanktk Over a year ago

Yea sorry it's 3 AM i Denmark right now, so soon it will be my turn :p. Okay so here it is, all of them: Root directory, p and images

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