Rewrite rule 301 htaccess

Question

Via .htaccess, I would like to create an automatic 301 from an old URL to a new url:

An example old url is: http://www.example.com/test.html?s=2&ss=3

I would like that to be automatically redirected to: http://www.example.com/test.html

Answer 1

If you want to match this specific URL and query parameters then you can use this rule in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=2&ss=3^ [NC]
RewriteRule ^test\.html$ %{REQUEST_URI}? [L,R=302]

If you want to use this query string with any URI then use:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^s=2&ss=3^ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}? [L,R=302]

? after %{REQUEST_URI} is needed to strip off any query string.