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Rob Morris
Rob Morris

Reputation: 533

creating a htaccess redirect that includes a special character

I need to create a 301 redirect within my htaccess file, the problem is the links have the (?) special character:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    RewriteRule ^news/news-item?blue-spares-appoints-stuart-truckel-as-sales-director?$ http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^news/news-item?hugely-successful-scot-plant-for-blue-scotland?$ http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^news/news-item?port-of-workington-takes-specialist-fuchs-materials-handler?$ http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^news/news-item?blue-spares-go-green-with-new-shredder?$ http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/shredders/used-machinery-item?000739:beast-bandit-2860?$ http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^about-us/careers/careers-item?project-manager-blue-machinery-london-ltd http://www.example.com/about [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^news/news-item?thompsons-plant-hire-continues-allegiance-to-doppstadt-and-blue-machinery http:// http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/finlay/used-machinery-item?000549:798-double-deck-skin-trommel-screen http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/screeners/used-machinery-item?000549:798-double-deck-skin-trommel-screen http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/ http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?1 http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?4 http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?3 http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]
    RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?7 http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]

    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

What would be the best way to redirect each of these urls to their correct destinations?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 45

Answers (1)

Ivan Cachicatari
Ivan Cachicatari

Reputation: 4284

All characters after ? sign is part of QUERY_STRING, you must add conditions to query string before rules:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^[0-9a-z\-\:]+$
RewriteRule ^product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/? http://www.example.com/product-videos [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^news/news-item http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/shredders/used-machinery-item$ http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^about-us/careers/careers-item$ http://www.example.com/about [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^news/news-item$ http:// http://www.example.com/news [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/finlay/used-machinery-item http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^used-machinery/en/screeners/used-machinery-item http://www.example.com/machinery [R=301,L]

The adobe rules will match:

news/news-item?blue-spares-appoints-stuart-truckel-as-sales-director
news/news-item?hugely-successful-scot-plant-for-blue-scotland
news/news-item?port-of-workington-takes-specialist-fuchs-materials-handler
news/news-item?blue-spares-go-green-with-new-shredder
product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?1
product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?4
product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?3
product-videos/shredders/doppstadt-ak-range/?7

And other URLs

See RewriteCond documentation: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html#RewriteCond

Upvotes: 3

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