could you help me get this working please.
I am trying to redirect
/search.php?id=5GHU&distance=50&sort=title
or
/search.php?id=5GHU
or
/search.php?id=5GHU&distance=50
to
/search/?query_string_values
i.e. whether it's one query string parameter or many they all should go there
This is what I tried.
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:^|&)id=([^&]+)
RewriteRule ^search\.php$ /search/%1? [L,R=permanent]
Thanks
Sorry for my confusion about your question, I got it now. So...
Modify your .htaccess like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule "^/search.php$" "/search/" [L,R=301,QSA]
In short it will take the query string (what follows /search.php that starts with ?) and append it to "/search/". That is done by the QSA flag to RewriteRule. No matter how many parameters you have, it will append it all.
See https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/rewrite/flags.html#flag_qsa
So
/search.php?a=1&b=2 --> /search/?a=1&b=2
/search.php?c=3 --> /search/?c=3
Since /search/?a=1&b=2 does not specify a page to use, it will use the default page defined by DirectoryIndex in your configuration. I prefer to explicitly specify the page, but it works without.
