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Agrest
Agrest

Reputation: 234

htaccess simple redirect doesnt work

Hi I need to redirect using htaccess every request which points at: http://www.mydomain.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=293&Itemid=387 to this url: http://www.otherdomain.com

I've try to do it by:

redirect /index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=293&Itemid=387 http://www.otherdomain.com

But it doesnt work. So I need Your help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (2)

anubhava
anubhava

Reputation: 785108

Better to use mod_rewrite for this stuff.

Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=293&Itemid=387$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ /? [L,R=302,NC]

Once you verify it is working fine, replace R=302 to R=301. Avoid using R=301 (Permanent Redirect) while testing your mod_rewrite rules.

Upvotes: 2

zigojacko
zigojacko

Reputation: 2063

I think someone may need to extend my answer but you'll be looking to do something along the lines of:-

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/?  index.php?option=$1 [R=301,L]

The rule will require a regular expression so the server can compare the request.

Upvotes: 0

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