.htaccess rewrite rule for redirection for fixed pattern URL

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I am trying to write .htacces rewrite rules for blog module.

if => www.xyz.com/index.php It should not redirect anything

if => www.xyz.com/contactus.php It should not redirect anything

but if => www.xyz.com/blogs/test-string1-and-string2
(URL pattren fixed for blog pages)

It should redirect to blog_details.php?id=$1

I have tried following rules.:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !/blog/

RewriteRule blogs/(\w+)  blog_details.php?id=$1 [NC]

This is not perfect rule. It is causing problems while generating sitemaps and Seo results.

I want some strong validation for URL like .php at the end of URL or

words separated by hyphen (-) after blog/. Then I can redirect url.

But there is no ".php" at the end of the URL you want to redirect (www.xyz.com/blogs/test-string1-and-string2)? Or is this meant to be an inclusive "or"? — nlu
– nlu, Commented Mar 15, 2015 at 10:54

nlu · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-15 11:09:42Z

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First you need not check the HTTP_HOST here, as you are not changing it.

If you do, you should compare it to a possible Hostname, not to a possible URL, i.e.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.nottherightone.tld$

To check, if the URL does not end in ".php" and contains hyphens, this should be a possbility

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}   !.php$
RewriteRule blogs/(.*-.*)    blog_details.php?id=$1 [NC]

answered Mar 15, 2015 at 11:09

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srs Over a year ago

Its working .. but I am creating sitemaps using xml-sitemaps.com.. Its giving some fake links like www.xyz.com/blogs/index.php , www.xyz.com/blogs/contactus.php.. etc.. how to stop it ?

nlu Over a year ago

.php is excluded here, so it should not be caused by the rewrite rules here. Or is this another problem?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-15 11:11:05Z

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Following rule should work for you:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^blogs/(.+)$ blog_details.php?id=$1 [NC,L,QSA]

answered Mar 15, 2015 at 11:11

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srs Over a year ago

Its working .. but I am creating sitemaps using xml-sitemaps.com.. Its giving some fake links like www.xyz.com/blogs/index.php , www.xyz.com/blogs/contactus.php.. etc.. how to stop it ?

anubhava Over a year ago

This rule isn't impacting any other link except /blogs/something. /blogs/contactus.php will not be impacted due to RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f which ignores all real files.

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