Redirect /page.php?page=about to /about/

**invision2** · Oct 13, 2009 02:44

Hi,

What would my 301 redirect be if I wanted to redirect users from /page.php?page=about to /about/ ?

Thanks for any help

**W1LL** · Oct 13, 2009 06:00

Code:

Redirect 301 /page.php?page=about /about/

**invision2** · Oct 13, 2009 06:26

Hi W1LL,

Unfortunately that doesn't seen to work for me

Can I PM you the link?

**W1LL** · Oct 13, 2009 07:10

Yes of course you can, I'll take a look for you.

**W1LL** · Oct 13, 2009 07:11

Just thought, you might need to include the whole address to forward to:

Code:

Redirect 301 /page.php?page=about http://www.example.com/about/

**dklynn** · Oct 13, 2009 16:52

iv2,

I don't think that mod_alias can look at the query string (certainly it can't use a match ... without using RewriteMatch) so I'd rely on mod_rewrite with:

Code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond &#37;{QUERY_STRING} ^page=about$
RewriteRule page\.php$ about/ [R=301,L]

Regards,

DK

**invision2** · Oct 14, 2009 01:49

Thanks for the replies.

DK,

I'm using this...

Code:

RewriteCond &#37;{QUERY_STRING} ^page=about$
RewriteRule page\.php$ http://www.test.com/about/ [R=301,L]

but when it repoints, it gives me http://www.test.com/about/?page=about sadly

Do you know why this is the case?

Thanks again

**Stomme poes** · Oct 14, 2009 02:53

Side question:
Can RewriteCond be used with Redirect (or RedirectMatch)? Or only with RewriteRule and R flag?

**invision2** · Oct 14, 2009 02:55

Hey stomme,

This is in my 'htaccess' file.

It works, but then appends ?page=about to the redirected address.

**Stomme poes** · Oct 14, 2009 02:58

You don't have any other rules (rewrite, etc) anywhere else?

I thought you needed the QSA flag to append query strings!

**Stomme poes** · Oct 14, 2009 03:41

Aha:
http://www.simonecarletti.com/blog/2...-query-string/

However, if you don’t append something new, then the original query is passed through the rules unchanged by default.
If you want to discard the original query string you must append an empty question mark at the end of the rule. Let’s call it the query string not append or query string discard flag.

Bleh, so if this guy is right it should be

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^page=about$
RewriteRule page\.php$ about/? [R=301,L]

But, I'm not sure.

**invision2** · Oct 14, 2009 03:44

Wow, that ? did the job!!! Brilliant, stomme many thanks for your efforts.

**Stomme poes** · Oct 14, 2009 03:45

Shoot, means I gotta change mine now too : )

**dklynn** · Oct 14, 2009 04:16

poes,

Aw, you didn't find that ? (kill the query string) answer in my signature's tutorial? Hmmm, there must be TOO MUCH information there! Oh, well, it was the CORRECT answer!

Originally Posted by Stomme poes

Side question:
Can RewriteCond be used with Redirect (or RedirectMatch)? Or only with RewriteRule and R flag?

RewriteCond is a part of Apache's mod_rewrite while Redirect (et al) are part of Apache's (core) mod_alias. In other words, RewriteCond cannot be used with Redirect or RedirectMatch. In fact, any and all mod_alias directives are acted upon BEFORE any mod_rewrite directives (priority).

Regards,

DK

**invision2** · Oct 14, 2009 04:20

Eeeek, sorry dklynn.

Will pay closer attention next time

Just glad I got it resolved

**Stomme poes** · Oct 14, 2009 06:15

Aw, you didn't find that ? (kill the query string) answer in my signature's tutorial? Hmmm, there must be TOO MUCH information there! Oh, well, it was the CORRECT answer!

I stupidly sought only what I knew had something to do with it... and remained sitting at the [QSA] flag section of the tut. I did the same thing at apache.org : ( looked at the flags.

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