Apache mod_rewrite from unfriendly query string to a friendly URL - regex

Question

I am new to regex and Apache mod_rewrite, I have tried several ways, it doesn’t convert to URL friendly, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
I want to convert from unfriendly query string to a friendly URL on these scenarios:
Scenario 1:
From: https://example.com/page.php?page_url=life-is-good
To: https://example.com/life-is-good/
My .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)/$ /page.php?page_url=$1 [L,R=301]
Scenario 2:
From: https://example.com/resources/?blog.php?blog_url=life-is-good
To: https://example.com/blogs/life-is-good/
My .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^/?(blogs)/(.*)/$ blogs/blog.php?blog_url=$2 [L,R=301]
Any help on this greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Have it like this:
RewriteEngine On
# external redirect from actual URL to pretty one
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+(blogs)/blog\.php\?blog_url=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/%2/? [R=301,L,NE]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \s/+page\.php\?page_url=([^\s&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ /%1/? [R=301,L,NE]
# ignore all the requests for existing files and directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
# internal forwards from pretty URL to actual one
RewriteRule ^(blogs)/(.*)/$ $1/blog.php?blog_url=$2 [L,QSA,NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ page.php?page_url=$1 [L,QSA]