.htaccess redirect without query parameters

Question

I changed a website and now Google webmaster is loading hundreds of "Not Found" URLs:

http://www.domain.com/images/picture.php?idphotos=720,404,,4/1/13,Not found

The picture.php does not exist anymore so I created a .htaccess entry to redirect the root of the site:

Redirect 301 /images/picture.php. /

Now the problem is that any query parameters are also sent in the redirect:

http://www.domain.com/?idphotos=720

How can I create a redirection which doesn't include the query parameters, e.g. like this:

http://www.domain.com/

speakr · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-15 15:21:40Z

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Try this (note the trailing ?):

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !=""
RewriteRule . http://www.domain.com/?

answered Apr 15, 2013 at 15:21

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RafaSashi · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-19 14:28:07Z

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Alternatively use the QSD flag from Apache 2.4.0

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !=""    
RewriteRule . http://www.domain.com/ [L,R=301,QSD]

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 14:28

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