I've been trying to make:
http://site.com/file.php?x=foo
redirect to:
http://newsite.com/something/completely/different/
Using the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^file\.php?x=foo$ http://newsite.com/something/completely/different/ [R=301,NC,L]
</IfModule>
But it doesn't do anything (just loads same old page as if I never touched the htaccess).
Is there something I'm missing?
Thanks much for the help!
The ? at the end of .php is making the last p optional (so .phpx=foo or .phx=foo would match). It's not actually being considered a character in the match. Try escaping the ? like: \?
Edit:
For those wondering what the solution was:
The query string arguments aren't passed to the string that RewriteRule matches against. So you have to create a RewriteCond on QUERY_STRING first, then match the url without arguments. E.g.:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} x=foo
RewriteRule ^file\.php$ http://newsite.com/something/completely/different/ [R=301,NC,L]
There's probably/hopefully a better way to do this (since this RewriteCond would cascade down to other rules, which is annoying).
^ anchor in the front and see if that works. I can't remember which part of the URL mod_rewrite starts matching at. It might be expecting ^/file...default and do you know if AllowOverride is set properly?IfModule tags and see if you get an Error 500 - which would indicate mod_rewrite is not enabled