Writing a regexp redirect if url match pattern

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I'm trying to create a 301 redirect rule for a website I'm setting up. The old link structure is as follows:

http://www.domainname.com/projecttype/subtype/post-name

The new structure is:

http://www.domainname.com/projectname/projecttype/subtype/post-name

So basically I need to add "projectname" between domainname and projecttype. But only if there is a subfolder after projecttype. As domainname.com/projecttype/ <-- need no redirect..only redirect if a subdirectory after this exist in the url.

I've never written any regexp or redirect rules before..tried searching for something that matched my need without any luck so far :(

Jon Lin · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-01 14:55:52Z

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Try:

RedirectMatch ^/projecttype/(.+)$ /projectname/projecttype/$1

That's assuming that both project type and name are static.

answered Sep 1, 2015 at 14:55

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user3708279 Over a year ago

Thanks for your quick response. Will give it a go. Just a short follow up question: wouldn't the domain be needed before "/projecttype/" to avoid a loop ? I mean since /projecttype/ would still exist in the url after the redirect..only now with /projectname/ before it? Or does the "^" before /projecttype/ handle this in some way? :)

Jon Lin Over a year ago

@user3708279 it won't loop because the regex matches URI's that start with /projecttype/ (that's what the ^ does), so when you redirect to /projectname/projecttype, that won't match the regex.

user3708279 Over a year ago

Worked perfectly. Thanks alot :)

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