URL rewritten but still the original one also works and not redirecting

Server Config
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RewriteRule ^massaggi-([^/]*)$ /an.php?prov=$1 [L]

with a code like this I can see the links like this created

website.com/massaggi-city

But I can see that I can still access pages like

website.com/an.php?prov=city

I want to this (website.com/an.php?prov=city) to redirect to (website.com/massaggi-city)

Any help highly appreciated.

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Ameerul,

I have EXACTLY the solution you’re looking for in the examples section of my signature’s tutorial. It’s not basic mod_rewrite code but there are a couple of ways to redirect to the OLD/SERVEABLE file from the NEW file format without looping. I believe it had also been in this board’s sticky posts but not sure that it’s still there these days. In other words, this is an OLD topic and a search of this forum may have dropped the solutions in your lap.

BTW, WELCOME to SitePoint!

Regards,

DK

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Thanks I’ll look at it… Sometimes knowing what to search “the right keywords” is a challenge it self lol. By the way I’m not really new here. Maybe you confused my total post with mentioned post lol…

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Aye, laddie, that I did!

Sorry about that … but you’re welcome here anyway (and I know I hadn’t greeted you before).

Regards,

DK