mod_rewrite subdirectories as variable

I am trying to rewrite "/products/MFG/date/SKU.html" to "MFG-SKU.html"

Our current rewrite below only rewrites to "SKU.html".

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/products/
RewriteRule /([^/]*)$ /$1 [R=301,NC,L]

How can I access MFG as a variable to include before the SKU?

An example URL would be:

http://example.com/products/MF开发者_StackOverflow中文版G/2010-04-01/1234.html => http://example.com/MFG-1234.html

MFG and 1234 are variables that would change.

Well, this one should do the job for you:

RewriteRule ^products/([^/]+)/[0-9-]+/([^/]+)\.html$ $1-$2.html [R=301,L]

1. It will redirect /products/MFG/2010-04-01/1234.html to /MFG-1234.html.

2. It does not validate the parameters (MFG, SKU, date):

   • The MFG part can be anything within 1 path segment (which means any character except slash /): can be letters, digits, Unicode chars etc. If you need to limit it -- just modify the pattern ([^/]+) to whatever restrictions you want to have;
   • The date part has very simple validation -- only digits and - is allowed. So even 123456-09876 will work. Once again -- if you need to have more precise validation just chnage the pattern;
   • The SKU part --same validation in place as for MFG part.

3. This rule is intended to be placed in .htaccess in website root folder. If placed elsewhere some small tweaking may be required.