htaccess redirect query string

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How can I redirect a specific query to another URL in htaccess? The URL is:

http://miniwars.co.uk/player-search?location=&distance_max=&category%5B%5D=epic

The location, distance_max and category are always present, and I only want to redirect when location, distance_max are empty, and category is "epic".

I want to redirect to:

http://miniwars.co.uk/epic-players

The htaccess rule I'm trying is:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(category=epic|location=|distance_max=)($|&) 
RewriteRule ^player-search$ miniwars.co.uk/epic-players/ [L,R=301]

...But it's not doing anything. Can someone let me know where I've gone wrong?

For starters, your initial URL does not have a slash after player-search, so demanding one in your pattern will make it not even match what was requested … — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Feb 11, 2015 at 22:27
Ok, updated htaccess (and updated my question) but it still doesn't work... — user2265915
– user2265915, Commented Feb 11, 2015 at 22:42

Panama Jack · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-11 22:51:34Z

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Maybe you should try it like this.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(location=&distance_max=&category=epic)$ [NC] 
RewriteRule ^player-search /epic-players/ [L,R=301]

answered Feb 11, 2015 at 22:51

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-12 06:18:30Z

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I only want to redirect when location, distance_max are empty, and category is "epic".

You can use this rule:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)location=(&|$) [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)distance_max=(&|$) [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (^|&)category=epic(&|$) [NC]
RewriteRule ^player-search/?$ /epic-players/? [L,R=301,NC]

This will allow your query parameters in any order
? in the target URI will strip off previous query string

answered Feb 12, 2015 at 6:18

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