apache - Regex redirecting page to unwanted page -

i using htaccess clean url, following rule profile page

rewriterule ^([0-9a-z]+)$ profile.php?user=$1 

but have other pages followers, following of loggedin user can see followers @ /followers page , rule is

rewriterule ^following$ follow.php?follow=following rewriterule ^followers$ follow.php?follow=followers 

but when go /followers getting redirected profile.php(first rule above), can see in first rule after domain name localhost/text_that_comes_here goes profile.php

what solution /followers , other pages redirected correctly.

you should put more specific rules before more generic ones.
in case, rules ^following$ , ^followers$ more specific ^([0-9a-z]+)$...
cause "following" , "followers" catched first rule ^([0-9a-z]+)$, , therefore redirecting profile.php

reordering .htaccess following should trick:

rewriterule ^following$ follow.php?follow=following rewriterule ^followers$ follow.php?follow=followers rewriterule ^([0-9a-z]+)$ profile.php?user=$1 

edit: answer comment, here's method use programmatically:
*however, it’s kind of hack , wouldn’t use permanent fix.

since redirect profile.php?user=following (or profile.php?user=followers), add condition in beginning of profile.php page , check if parameter $_get["user"]="following" (or "followers"). like:

if ($_get["user"]="following" || $_get["user"]="followers") {     $_get["follow"]=$_get["user"]; //set parameter required in “follow.php”     include("follow.php");     exit; } 

that implies won’t able have user named following or follower, shouldn’t happen anyway… still.