how do I redirect a folder name as url param using htaccess?

Question

I need to 301 redirect in .htaccess from old site with folder structure to new page that uses the ending folder name as a url param.

like this:

to

imvain2 · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-31 01:05:26Z

1

a couple options:

RewriteRule ^artists/artist-name$ /search-works.php?searchArtist=artist-name [R=301,NC,L]

or

RewriteRule ^artists/(.*)$ /search-works.php?searchArtist=$1 [R=301,NC,L]

answered Mar 31, 2016 at 1:05

imvain2

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2nd option is exactly what I was looking for