Apache redirect using RewriteEngine with and without query string

Question

I'm trying to get 2 redirections set on my htaccess file but I can't make it to work.

The desired output is:

if the user goes to www.mywebsite.com/page1, it gets redirected to /folder/newPage
if the user goes to www.mywebsite.com/page1?a=123, it gets redirected to /folder/anotherPage?a=123

I tried this

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^/page1$ /folder/newPage [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$
RewriteRule ^/page1(.*)$ /folder/anotherPage$1 [R=301,L]

I also tried something like this:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/page1$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /folder/newPage [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/page1$
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /folder/anotherPage%1 [R=301,L]

Note that Rewrite mod is turned on on my apache.

Any idea how to make it work?

hjpotter92 · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-13 20:21:47Z

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Check through the following:

RewriteEngine On is present before all the rules
AllowOverride directive allows your htaccess files to load
htaccess receives URLs without the leading slashes, unlike server config files, or VHosts file.
.* matches 0 or more characters, thus %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)$ also matches empty query strings. Change this to .+.

Final rules should be:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
RewriteRule ^page1$ /folder/newPage [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule ^page1$ /folder/anotherPage?%1 [R=301,L]

edited May 13, 2016 at 20:21

answered May 13, 2016 at 20:00

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alexmngn Over a year ago

RewriteEngine On is set at the beginning of the file. Rewrite mod is ON and working fine. About 3. not sure how to verify this?

hjpotter92 Over a year ago

@alexmngn Change RewriteRule ^/page1$ to RewriteRule ^page1$

alexmngn Over a year ago

I got the 1st one to work, but not the second one... Seems like the first rule takes over the 2nd rule

hjpotter92 Over a year ago

@alexmngn I've updated the reply above. You may also try using R=302 instead of 301. Or you might've to clear the browser's cache, to actually see updated rules in effect.

alexmngn Over a year ago

Can't make your rules to work... This one works: RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/page1/$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /folder/newPage [R=301,L] but also redirects to this page when there is a query param

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