htaccess customisation for variables

[FedWeb]

I am using Joomla 3.8.x and have SEF url enabled and am trying to turn
www.example.com/location?loc=london in to
www.example.com/site/london

I have googled this and looked on this forum, but everything I've seen and tried seems to fail.

I understand that I need to add a rewrite rule in the .htaccess file, after the common exploits and before the SEF. But whatever I do it keeps coming up with a 404 error. (I use caching, but turn this off when making changes to the file)

This is the latest version I have tried to no avail. Please can someone help me before insanity sets in

Thanks for any help you can provide.

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Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
## Check for https
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,NC]
## Rewrite the location url
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^site/(\d+)*$ ./loc?l=$1[L]

[Per Yngve Berg]

What component is producing the URL? It must be handled by the router.php in the component.

[FedWeb]

The component producing the (location) URL is Jumi. And the script in Jumi handles the ?loc=london variable. Essentially if the town/city is valid then it shows a location page for a company.

[FedWeb]

Hi
Did I answer your question fully? Please let me know if I can make this any clearer. Thanks

[Per Yngve Berg]

sorry, I am unfamiliar with Jumi.

[FedWeb]

Sorry in advance if this is a silly question, but does it matter what component it is? Surely, .htaccess takes the URL and rewrites it so that the component can deal with it as normal.

so the site can handle domain.com/loc?l=london perfectly well. I just need it to look a little better i.e. without the ?l= in the URL

[Per Yngve Berg]

SEF URLs have to be supported by the component. It's handled by the router.php file inside the component. It's not something you put in the .htaccess file.

[kev211]

"Little Helper, by Riccardo Zorn - Joomla Extension Directory"

best one .htaccess .. just try it out and let me know