I have this url:

example.com/play.php?v=lorem-ipsum  

want it to be:

example.com/play/lorem-ipsum

here is my try:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/ play\.php\?v=([^\s&] ) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1? [R=301,L,NE]

result:

example.com/lorem-ipsum

so play/ is missing
maybe because I have a folder named play

pls help

CodePudding user response：

so play/ is missing.
maybe because I have a folder named play

No, it is missing, because $1 contains only the part you actually captured with your regular expression, the part inside the (...).

You want RewriteRule ^ /play/%1? [R=301,L,NE] (unless you wanted the play part to also be dynamic, then you would have to capture whatever was in that place as well.)

maybe because I have a folder named play

That can cause additional problems though, if you still have MultiViews activated, that should be deactivated in cases where you have such a partial overlap between "fake" URL, and actually existing files.