Help with rewriting an URL with an .htaccess

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I need a .htaccess that will show this URL:

http://www.mysite.com/es/wp-content/plugins/mailpress/mp-includes/action.php?action=mail_link&add=123&lang=es

but will in fact serve this URL:

http://www.mysite.com/wp-content/plugins/mailpress/mp-includes/action.php?action=mail_link&add=123&lang=es

Note that action.php can receive other GET parameters in the URL. The htaccess must be able to foward them too. The only difference between these 2 URL is the "fake" root directory which will reflect the "lang" GET parameter.

Is it possible to do such things with a .htaccess (I'm pretty sure it's possible)? Anyone have pointers on how to do this??

Thanks!

Edit1: I forgot to say that the rewrite rule should be only valid for "action.php" that is in "/wp-content/plugins/mailpress/mp-includes/".

Edit2: I have this currently in my .htaccess:

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress

Best Answer

The following should do the trick

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/es/(.+)$ /$1

With regard to the edit of your question, here's a modified answer:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/es/wp-content/plugins/mailpress/mp-includes/action.php
RewriteRule ^/es/(.+)$ /$1

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PHP, url rewriting with htaccess, and Microsoft IIS Url Rewriting

ISAPI-Rewrite 3 from HeliconTech has very Apache-like syntax. The above config will work in ISAPI_Rewrite3 .htaccess without any modifications.

Need help with an .htaccess URL rewriter

Try this as a starting point:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^uri
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !\.(.*)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  !^/(framework|restricted)/
RewriteRule .* /index.php?uri=%{REQUEST_URI} [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^uri
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  \.php.?$
RewriteRule .* /index.php?uri=%{REQUEST_URI} [L,QSA]

First ruleset:

Don't run this rule if the uri GET parameter is set (otherwise you'll get a loop when redirecting to the destination script after appending the uri parameter)
If the URI contains a . then skip this ruleset (you may want to create a more specific rule for particular extensions but this works)
If the URI is under a restricted directory, skip this ruleset
Redirect to index.php (you may need to change the target) and set the uri GET parameter

Second ruleset:

If the uri parameter is set, skip this ruleset to prevent a loop
Proceed if the URI requested ends in .php, .php4, or similar (.php123 would not be redirected)
Redirect to index.php (you may need to change the target) and set the uri GET parameter

It doesn't take a "wizard" to put mod_rewrite rules together - spend some time experimenting on your own and reading over the guide which jscott recommended.

Do ask all your theory-type questions here if you want great explanations (as opposed to practical-type questions in which it seems as though answerers are crowd-sourcing your project instead of furthering your knowledge).

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