.htaccess - redirect individual urls to url with query string

Question

I'm looking to do the opposite of a common query with .htaccess files.

I want to redirect a standard url to a url with a query string, similar to below:

test.com/directory/pagename

to:

test.com/template?id=1

I don't require pattern matching of any form, I just want to write out a separate redirect for each one. For example:

test.com/colours/red = test.com/template?id=5

test.com/colours/yellow = test.com/template?id=3

Hopefully this makes some sense.

I've tried a standard 301 redirect but it doesn't work with the query string. I struggle with htaccess, i don't find it very intuitive to learn. — MKC
– MKC, Commented Jul 5, 2015 at 14:50

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-05 16:04:39Z

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You can use this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^colours/yellow/?$ template?id=3 [L,NC,QSA]

RewriteRule ^colours/red/?$ template?id=5 [L,NC,QSA]

answered Jul 5, 2015 at 16:04

anubhava

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