How to rewrite url to use php script properly

Question

I have a php script that redirects external url, this is the script

<?php
 header("Refresh: 5; url={$_GET['url']}"); 
 echo 'You are redirecting to ... page'; 
?>

That redirects with this url

http://my-domain.com/url.php?url=http://www.google.com

I wanted to rewrite this url with .htaccess so i added a code in my .htaccess file, this one

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^url/(.*)$ /url.php?url=$1 [L]

So after adding this code, it should redirect with this url

http://my-domain.com/url/?http://www.google.com

Script is working but it's not redirecting to external url, Just one message is appearing that is You are redirecting to ... page and it's just keep reloading the page at 5 seconds.

So what's the problem? It's with the script or by .htaccess?

Croises · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-18 12:30:43Z

1

The problem is that query string is not part of RewriteRule test uri.

You can use:

RewriteEngine On
Options -MultiViews
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.+)$
RewriteRule ^url/$ /url.php?url=%1 [NC,L]

answered Oct 18, 2017 at 12:30

Croises

18.7k4 gold badges35 silver badges49 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Vicky Malhotra Over a year ago

still not works giving me "403 forbidden error" :( When script redirects to external domain!

Croises Over a year ago

It's a problem in your script

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

How to rewrite url to use php script properly

1 Answer 1

2 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

2 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related