Pretty URL to custom joomla page

Question

I have an URL:

domain.com/photos?photoId=344

and I want to make pretty URL such as:

domain.com/photos/344

I tried to correct htaccess:

RewriteRule ^photos/([A-Za-z0-9-]+) /photos?photoId=$1 [L]

But when clicking domain.com/photos/344 - i go to 404 error.

Maybe the error in Joomla SEF plugin? It's ON

Answer 1

This approach assumes you have mod_rewrite enabled.

You should go about this way:

Options -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

# First, do redirect "/photos?photoId=something" to "/photos/something"
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/photos\?photoId=([0-9]+)\s [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /photos/%1? [R=301,L]

# Then, internally rewrite "/photos/something" to "/photos?photoId=something"
RewriteRule ^photos/([0-9]+)$ /photos?photoId=$1 [L]