mod_rewrite ignore specific query string param

Question

i have the following in htaccess and it works fine

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/artist\.php$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^bandid=([0-9]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) /band.php?BandId=%1 [L]

but some old referes send other querystring params:

bandid=1326&order=ASC&orderby=Tdate

to which apache gives them 404

how can i tell mod_rewrite to ignore any other params after bandid

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-14 11:42:35Z

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Replace your code with this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:^|&)bandid=([0-9]*)(?:&|$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^artist\.php$ /band.php?BandId=%1 [L,NC]

Regex (^|&)bandid=([0-9]*)(&|$) will make sure to match bandid=1326 irrespective of presence of other query parameters.

answered Sep 14, 2013 at 11:42

anubhava

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