php - getting stuck for change files url in .htaccess -

i new in .htaccess file, want change every file different url 1st default use work 1 file

rewriterule ^([a-za-z0-9-/]+).html$ xrl.php?xrl=$1 

then change contactus.php file url google below

rewriterule ^contact-us$ contact.php [l]  

its not work method more try whole website not work. how change every file different url want.

we can rewrite urls using .htaccess files. before writing in .htaccess files need verify kind of server using. here in case may use either apache server or nginx server. can check adding

<?php phpinfo(); ?> 

in php page.

case 1 : apache server:

ensure mod_rewrite module enabled in apache server. can identified checking phpinfo included page.

common methods used url rewriting follows

rewriteengine

this mandatory apache server. used enable rewriting engine. in cases should on default.so ensure following code must mandatory in top of htaccess file

rewriteengine on 

rewriterule

in cases may have few pages , can specify each page in website in .htaccess file. in such case can use these kind of rewriting example

rewriterule ^article/used/to/be/here.php$ /article/now/lives/here/ [r=301,l]

suppose have rewrite url these

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/url_rewriting 

you should write these on .htaccess file

rewriteengine on rewriterule   ^wiki/(.+)$   w/index.php?title=$1   [l] 

but actual implementation of page these

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=url_rewriting

rewritecond

this can used rewriting url respect conditions. suppose need add or remove www website name , on condition redirect page "url not available or error message "

example :

rewritecond %{http_referer} !^http://(www.)?example.com/.*$ [nc]  

you can further refer here

introduction url rewriting

rewrite examples

case 2 : nginx server

enable module httprewritemodule on nginx server use location rewrite urls per nginx settings

example

    location / {     root   /path/to/drupal;     index  index.php index.html;       try_files $uri $uri/ @rewrite; }   location @rewrite {         rewrite ^/(.*)$ /index.php?q=$1; }