Query string in htaccess results in 404 error

Question

The goal is to redirect a query string, such as:

mydomain.com/sheet.csv?z=abcdef

to its respective folder, appending the query string into the folder name where the respective file is located, like so:

mydomain.com/charts/abcdef/sheet.csv

I tried the following but everything I tried results in a 404 error.

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^sheet.csv?z=([_0-9a-z-]+) /$1/sheet.csv [R]

DIDN'T WORK, RESULTS IN 404 ERROR.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}     ^z=([_0-9a-z-]+)$    [NC]
RewriteRule sheet.csv chart/$1/sheet.csv [NC,L,R=301]

DIDN'T WORK, RESULTS IN 404 ERROR.

How can I fix this?

UPDATE

The error seems to be occurring because it is NOT redirecting but instead looking for the file:
mydomain.com/sheet.csv which does not and never will exist.

So why is it not redirecting, and how do I fix it?

UPDATE 2

I did a bunch of trial and error experiementing. I was able to make it do SOMETHING, just need to finish getting it working.

If I do this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^z=([\w-]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ charts/%1/sheet.csv? [NC,L,R=301]

then it redirects to the url mydomain.com/home/mydomai/public_html/mydomain/charts/abcdef/sheet.csv

I tried every possible combination I could think of but still can't get it to just go to the URL
mydomain.com/charts/abcdef/sheet.csv

Please help thanks!

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-18 19:26:20Z

1

Yes, you cannot match QUERY_STRING in RewriteRule. Use RewriteCond instead and fix your regex pattern:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:^|&)z=([^&]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(sheet\.csv)/?$ /chart/%1/$1? [NC,L,R=302]

Make sure this rule is placed before other rules.

edited Dec 18, 2014 at 19:26

answered Dec 18, 2014 at 5:58

anubhava

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