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MBY
MBY

Reputation: 21

.htaccess adding characters into url via rewriteRule

I have a rewrite rule in place that redirects www.OLDsite.co.uk/locations.php?area=Barking,%20Essex to www.NEWsite.co.uk/locations.php?area=Barking,%20Essex

...ideally, anyways. The problem exists at the end of the url. Instead of redirecting to the new site above like it should...it makes the following url instead: www.NEWsite.co.uk/locations.php?area=Barking,%2520Essex. I am really confused...here's my .htaccess file as it stands currently...

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^locations.php/(.*)$ http://www.NEWsite.co.uk/locations.php$1 [R=permanent,L]
ErrorDocument 404 /404.php

I'm new to mod_rewrites, but I'm willing to learn. I know it's a very powerful tool and it wouldn't be a bad thing to have in my developer arsenal. All tips are appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1537

Answers (2)

Scott
Scott

Reputation: 285

Issue is that: 

%25 is equal to "%" symbol

But that would equal %20 or a space.. Dont use spaces..use "+"

Upvotes: 1

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 784878

Change your RewriteRule to this:

RewriteRule ^(locations\.php.*)$ http://www.localhost/$1 [R=301,L,NE]

Important change here is flag NE which tell Apache to not encode the generated URI hence %20 remains %20 instead of becoming %2520.

Upvotes: 2

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