replace a string in url in .htaccess

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I would like to redirect www.hostname.com/some path/?cpao=12 to www.hostname.com/some path/?kmas=12.

Essentially replacing the word cpao with kmas and keeping everything else the same.

Any help will be appreciated.

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-17 15:32:39Z

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Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^cpao=([^&]*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %{REQUEST_URI}?kmas=%1 [R,L]

answered May 17, 2012 at 15:32

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Joelmob · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-17 00:07:40Z

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RewriteRule ^hostname.com/somepath/\?cpao([0-9]+)$ hostname.com/somepath/\?kmas=$1

you use regex in htaccess $1 is the numbers that was catched in group 1

answered May 17, 2012 at 0:07

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Jinsy Oommen Over a year ago

Thank you! How would I extrapolate it to be so be it any path i always want cpao substituted with kmas. substitute the string cpao with kmas. Would it be possible to have all that captured in one rewrite rule or should I do more than one?

Joelmob Over a year ago

Yes, as I said it uses regex so you can use this to capture a lower caps path ([a-z]+) replace this with somepath

anubhava Over a year ago

It won't work because RewriteRule only matches REQUEST_URI after stripping leading slash.

Joelmob Over a year ago

I forgot this Thank you @anubhava

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