Using .htaccess To Redirect URL With Parameters To URL With Paramters

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I've been googling for a while trying to work out how to redirect the following url:

to a new URL:

Where the number 1144 is dynamic.

I've got as far as this, but can't seem to get it working:

RewriteRule ^old-folder/\?abc=([0-9]+)(/)?$ new/folders/\?xyz=$1 [R=301]

For the x-th time: RewriteRule only looks at the path component of the URL – if you want to check the query string, you have to use a RewriteCond … — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Feb 7, 2014 at 20:33
Thanks @CBroe. In my incredibly limited knowledge of this, I thought that was only if you were looking for a particular value of a parameter in a query string, but I was wrong. I'd seen bad examples on other sites that didn't use RewriteCond for query strings if they were dynamic. — jsonfry
– jsonfry, Commented Feb 8, 2014 at 13:14

jsonfry · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-08 13:20:36Z

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After some more research I have come up with this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^abc=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^old-folder new/folders/?xyz=%1 [L,R=301]

If anyone else comes to this in the future, it will only match values for 'abc' that are numeric. If you want it to match anything, replace the first line with this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^abc=(.*)$

For an explanation of the flags [L,R=301] see the apache docs: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html

answered Feb 8, 2014 at 13:20

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anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-07 20:33:43Z

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You cant match query string in RewriteRule.

Try this rule in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (?:^|&)abc=([^&]*) [NC]
RewriteRule ^old-folder/$ new/folders/?xyz=%1 [L,NC]

answered Feb 7, 2014 at 20:33

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