.htaccess and .php? redirection

Question

I'm editing a .htaccess file for redirection from www.oldwebsite.com to www.newwebsite.com + specific redirection for pages.

the following code is working good :

RedirectPermanent /page.html http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage.html

Where I got problem is when I try to redirect pages ending like this with redirectpermanent :

oldpage.php?id=1

At this point I get a 404 error back.

I tried another solution that is this code

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}   ^id=1$
RewriteRule ^oldpage\.php$ http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage2.html [R=301,L]

This is working excepted the browser makes me go to the following link :

http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage2.html?id=1

Can someone help me with this issue. I would like to use Redirect permanent (doesnt work, same thing with Redirect seeother). I think solution is easy but I don't get a detail I think.

Thanks !!!

There is small typo in your code, olpage instead of oldpage. — Pieter
– Pieter, Commented Jul 9, 2013 at 13:23
Ok but this was just an example its not about typo problem in my case. — user1829621
– user1829621, Commented Jul 9, 2013 at 13:25

Amine Hajyoussef · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-09 13:53:24Z

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just add ? at the end of rewriteRule to override query string

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}   ^id=1$
RewriteRule ^oldpage\.php$ http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage2.html? [R=301,L]

answered Jul 9, 2013 at 13:53

Amine Hajyoussef

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user1829621 Over a year ago

By the way any other solution than this code to do the same thing ?

Amine Hajyoussef Over a year ago

RedirectPermanent and other redirect directives ignore the querystring, so you can't make redirection based on query string with them.

Ahmed Habib · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-09 13:55:31Z

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You can use PHP $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] method for this..

so,

$page = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

header("Location: http://www.newwebsite.com$page");

It will redirect http://www.oldwebsite.com/newpage.html to http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage.html

or instead of $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] you can try $_SERVER['REQUEST_URL']

answered Jul 9, 2013 at 13:55

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user1829621 Over a year ago

Thank you I'll try the other .htaccess solution

miah · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-09 14:01:19Z

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If you are trying to drop the query string, you can use the QSD flag.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}   ^id=1$
RewriteRule ^oldpage\.php$ http://www.newwebsite.com/newpage2.html? [R=301,L, QSD]

answered Jul 9, 2013 at 14:01

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user1829621 Over a year ago

Good option too. Thanks a lot !

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