htaccess RewriteRule string with parameters to homepage

Question

I need to rewrite url

mydomain.com/?view=article&id=288:article_name&catid=116

to

mydomain.com/

How to do that?

I tried

1.

RewriteRule ^?view=article&id=288:article_name&catid=116$ / [R=301,L]

No success.

2.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ?view=article&id=288:article_name&catid=116
RewriteRule .*$ /? [L,R=301]

When i test i get "We failed to execute your regular expression, is it valid?" on RewriteCond.

Please put in a bit of research effort, before you automatically ask "how do I do that" as soon as someone mentions something new to you. How can I match query string variables with mod_rewrite? — C3roe
– C3roe, Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 14:30
Thank you. It seems that everything should work with rewritecond.. But it doesnt. — Aer
– Aer, Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 14:40
'When i test i get "We failed to execute your regular expression, is it valid?"' - Where are you seeing that response? — MrWhite
– MrWhite, Commented Mar 22, 2022 at 15:20

MrWhite · Accepted Answer · 2022-03-22 15:25:38Z

1

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ?view=article&id=288:article_name&catid=116
RewriteRule .*$ /? [L,R=301]

The QUERY_STRING server variable does not itself contain the ? prefix. However, ? is a special meta character in the regex (2nd argument to the RewriteCond directive) so this is not valid.

The RewriteRule pattern .*$ also matches everything, yet your example is the root only.

Try the following instead:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^view=article&id=288:article_name&catid=116$
RewriteRule ^$ /? [L,R=301]

Test first with a 302 (temporary) redirect to avoid potential caching issues and make sure you've cleared your browser cache before testing (301s are cached persistently by the browser by default).

answered Mar 22, 2022 at 15:25

MrWhite

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