Writing htaccess rewrite rules

apache .htaccess mod-rewrite url-rewriting friendly-url

Could you please try following, written and tested with your shown samples. Please make sure you clear your browser cache before testing your URLs.

RewriteEngine ONRewriteRule ^live/([^/]*)/([^.]*)\.m3u8/?$ new.php?code=$1&channel=$2 [NC,L]

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