.htaccess URL redirection appending query string with target URL

Question

I am new to .htaccess redirect.

I have a source URL with too many parameters query string.

Source

http://localhost/se/karriar/?utm_source=A_candy_box&utm_medium=Printed_media&
utm_term=2013&utm_content=Want_a_fresh_start_to_your_career%3F&
utm_campaign=Mint_pastille_campaign

Target: http://www.sample-website.com

When I tried to call source URL its getting redirected along with query string as like below.

http://www.sample-website.com?utm_source=A_candy_box&utm_medium=Printed_media&
utm_term=2013&utm_content=Want_a_fresh_start_to_your_career%3F&
utm_campaign=Mint_pastille_campaign

I have written the below script in .htaccess file.

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?localhost$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^utm_source=A_candy_box&utm_medium=Printed_media&utm_term=2013&utm_content=Want_a_fresh_start_to_your_career%3F&utm_campaign=Mint_pastille_campaign$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^se/karriar(.*)$ http://www.sample-website.com [R=301,L,NC] `

I would like to not appending query strings in the targeted URL. Can you any one help me?

Are you expecting this http://www.sample-website.com only when being redirected from localhost? — Rahil Wazir
– Rahil Wazir, Commented Mar 28, 2014 at 11:24
@RahilWazir yes you are right. (note: i mentioned localhost for example only i will replace the localhost with my company domain name) — user26258
– user26258, Commented Mar 28, 2014 at 11:28

Rahil Wazir · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 11:30:11Z

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Replace your .htaccess with this

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?localhost$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^utm_source=A_candy_box&utm_medium=Printed_media&utm_term=2013&utm_content=Want_a_fresh_start_to_your_career%3F&utm_campaign=Mint_pastille_campaign$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^se/karriar(.*)$ http://www.sample-website.com? [R=301,L,NC]

Append ? after your target domain.

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 11:30

Rahil Wazir

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user26258 Over a year ago

Bravo! its working. That ? question mark was missing. Thanks a lot.

user26258 Over a year ago

Hi All, a little more help will be very helpful. The "%3F" characters are creating problem in this URL redirection. I tested that by removing that "%3F" characters and laso changing that to question mark (?) symbol etc... Any help will be highly appreciated.

Rahil Wazir Over a year ago

@user26258 Create a new instance of this question please.

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