Replace part of the URL and add two zeros in string with htaccess

Question

Can anyone help me with this regular expression so I can replace:

This URL:

mydomain.com/artigos/8170-comooool

To:

mydomain.com/blog/817000-comooool

This is:

1: Replace the word `artigos` by `blog`
2: Add two zeros to the 4 digit number after the slash

I tried:

RewriteRule ^artigos(\d{4}-.*) /blog/$1 [R=301,L]

but nothing seems to work.

@anubhava I'm trying a lot of stuff like: RewriteRule ^artigos(\d{4}-.*) /blog/$1 [R=301,L] - but nothing seems to work — user15235239
– user15235239, Commented Aug 5, 2021 at 19:17

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-05 19:19:52Z

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You can add this redirect rule just below RewriteEngine On line:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^artigos/(\d+)(-.*)$ /blog/$100$2 [L,R=301,NE,NC]

We have to use 2 separate capture groups: 1st to capture all digits after /artigos/ and 2nd to capture all text beyond that.

answered Aug 5, 2021 at 19:18

anubhava

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YES! You got it again! How did you learn so much about this? I find it really tough!

Most of this is regular expressions and then some technical details of mod_rewrite