Appending query string through redirect htaccess

Question

I am trying to create a rewrite cond in htaccess I am trying to redirect

http://www.example.com/business/search-results.php?keywords=Animal+Business+Cards&go=Search

to

http://www.example.com/business/search results.php?keywords=Animal+Business&go=Search

or if possible remove the word "+cards" from any search queries...

what I have tried so far

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING}   ^Animal+Business+Cards$
RewriteRule   ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/business/search-results.php?keywords=Animal+Business  [R=301,L]

also tried

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}    "&go=Search" [NC]
RewriteRule (.*)  /$1? [R=301,L]

and this

Redirect /business/search-results.php?keywords=Animal+Business+cards&go=Search http://www.example.com/business/search-results.php?keywords=Animal+Business&go=Search

None of these working... is it possible? Can any one help? Thank You in advance

You have to escape +in redirect conditions, it's a special character. Use \+ or [+] instead. A +means one or more of the character directly before the symbol must occur. E.g. a+ matches "a", "aa", "aaa" ,... — maxhb
– maxhb, Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 11:58
@maxhb umm like this? RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^Animal[+]Business[+]Cards$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/business/search-results.php?keywords=Animal[+]Business [R=301,L] — KeenLearner
– KeenLearner, Commented Jan 16, 2016 at 13:25

Amit Verma · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-16 15:46:42Z

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Try the following code :

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^keywords=([^\+]+)\+([^\+]+)\+([^&]+)&go=([^&]+)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?keywords=%1+%2&go=%4 [NC,L,R]

Another solution

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} \?keywords=([^\+]+)\+([^\+]+)\+([^&]+)&go=([^&\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?keywords=%1+%2&go=%4 [NC,L,R]

Note : Redirect directive does not support querystrings in its old path perameter, that is why your last attempt failed. You can use %{QUERY_STRING} or %{THE_REQUEST} variable to match against urls with query strings.

edited Jan 16, 2016 at 15:46

answered Jan 16, 2016 at 14:08

Amit Verma

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KeenLearner Over a year ago

Yay!!! this one works!!!!

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^keywords=([^+]+)\+([^+]+)\+([^&]+)&go=([^&]+)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?keywords=%1+%2&go=%4 [NC,L,R]

The other one did not! Thank You so much!

Amit Verma Over a year ago

@User2018878 see the edited answer, Both solutions are working fine on my server now.

KeenLearner Over a year ago

YES YES YES! they are!!!! wow thank you!! it is easily deleting "+cards" from any search query! this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a LOT!

KeenLearner Over a year ago

can you tell me what part in this code is giving the command to remove "+cards"

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^keywords=([^+]+)\+([^+]+)\+([^&]+)$ [NC] RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?keywords=%1+%2 [NC,L,R]

Amit Verma Over a year ago

@user2018878 The first regex capture group ([^\+]+) matches "Animal" the second \+([^\+]+) matches "+business" ,the third \+([^\&]+) matches +card and the fourth ([^&]+) matches "Search", you can see we are not using the third captured value %3 in the target url. This is how the "+card" gets removed from the target url.

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