[snaip]

Hi members of PT,

I need some .htaccess help. I need to do a 301 redirect and map this:

http://temp.mydomain.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=182
to
http://temp.mydomain.com/ce.php?id=182

Now, this only needs to be redirected if and only if the variable contains the term 'ContentExpress'. It shouldn't redirect for any other modules.

I tried the following:

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RedirectMatch 301 /index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=(.*) /ce.php?id=$1

but that didn't work.

Can someone please assist?

[Nico]

Try replacing the last line of your code with:

RedirectMatch 301 /index\.php\?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=(.*) /ce.php?id=$1

The question mark and the dot need to be escaped.

[snaip]

Nico,

Thanks; I'm afraid, this didn't work!

[curbview.com]

Snaip, I hacked this up and tested this for you. (I work with .htaccess a lot)

RedirectMatch 301 (.*ContentExpress)(.*)(id=[0-9]+)$ http://temp.mydomain.com/ce.php?$3

[Nico]

Turns out there was a PHP error, which didn't show up 'cause display_errors was disabled in php.ini.

It's working now. Sorry, I should have informed you before.

[curbview.com]

Nico,

Don't mean to interject here, but looking over the code you posted for Snaip, using (.*) at the end opens the redirect to way too much. For example, your code would allow the following redirect:

1) .../.../any code your heart desires.
2) Any Alphanumeric characters

The code below places restraint on the actual redirect by it having to end with (id + numbers 0-9) and also allows different URL's by including the (.*) in between.

This eliminates such

RedirectMatch 301 (.*ContentExpress)(.*)(id=[0-9]+)$ http://temp.mydomain.com/ce.php?$3

[Nico]

Yes, you're absolutely right. Usually I take better care of this, I guess I missed it 'cause I just copied and pasted Snaip's original code, and modified it from there. (I replied one minute after he posted his question, so I didn't take too much time to look carefully in all details.)

Also, allowing other characters doesn't necessarily mean it's insecure. It also depends on the PHP script.

Anyway, I'll take better care of it next time.

[freerange]

Hi,
This is a great forum, thanks for your time.
I have the same need as this poster, but the various solutions don't seem to be working. Other redirects are working without any problems, just these with the ? being passed into them.

Source string from search engine link:
http://www.foobar.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ABC123

Desired redirected string:
http://www.foobar.com/ABC123

Here is what I have tried...
DirectoryIndex home.php index.php
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 (.*mm5)(.*Product_Code=)(.*)$ http://www.foobar.com/$3

It matches until I request anything to match after the ? in the original string. Then it just hits my page not found redirect to the homepage.

Any thoughts as to what I am doing wrong?

Thanks! - Derrick

[freerange]

I ended up going down a slightly different path, but figured out where most of the issue is. I had to use %{QUERY_STRING} to get the entire line including the parameters that were being passed after the ?.

I converted to using a couple of RewriteCond's and a RewriteRule instead:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/mm5/merchant.mvc$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ABC123$
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://foobar.com/ABC123?

I don't have the Product_Code generalized yet, so I have coded the couple of entries I am concerned about for now and will pass as variables when I figure it out (hopefully tomorrow).

-Derrick

Originally Posted by freerange

Hi,
This is a great forum, thanks for your time.
I have the same need as this poster, but the various solutions don't seem to be working. Other redirects are working without any problems, just these with the ? being passed into them.

Source string from search engine link:
http://www.foobar.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=ABC123

Desired redirected string:
http://www.foobar.com/ABC123

Here is what I have tried...
DirectoryIndex home.php index.php
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RedirectMatch 301 (.*mm5)(.*Product_Code=)(.*)$ http://www.foobar.com/$3

It matches until I request anything to match after the ? in the original string. Then it just hits my page not found redirect to the homepage.

Any thoughts as to what I am doing wrong?

Thanks! - Derrick

[curbview.com]

Originally Posted by freerange

Hi,

I have the same need as this poster, but the various solutions don't seem to be working.

To be honest, the code for him will not work in your situation because you are not trying to achieve what Snaip was trying to achieve. I hope you have studied as to why the same code does not work but it would with modification.