301 redirect with PHP variables in URL

keith1995 · 03-18-2011, 08:18 PM

We need to redirect a URL to a new URL but we can't get it to work and I believe it is due to the inclusion of variables in the URL.

For example, we need to redirect http://www.domain.com/attorneydetail...tion=view&id=8 to http://www.domain.com/practiceareas....tion=view&id=2

How would we do this in a .htaccess file?

keith1995 · 03-21-2011, 06:42 AM

Anyone got a tip/code to accomplish this?

abduraooft · 03-21-2011, 07:13 AM

Try

Code:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^attorneydetails\.php(.*)$ practiceareas\.php$1 [L]

keith1995 · 03-21-2011, 04:39 PM

abduraooft,

This is definitely a step in the right direction, thank you for that.

This code rewrites all of the attorneydetails.php to practiceareas.php pages, we just need it done for one page, not the full group.

Also, the URL remains the original URL, can that be updated in the URL bar to reflect the actual URL it is forwarded to?

abduraooft · 03-21-2011, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Also, the URL remains the original URL, can that be updated in the URL bar to reflect the actual URL it is forwarded to?

Code:

RewriteRule ^attorneydetails\.php(.*)$ /practiceareas\.php$1 [R]

?

Krupski · 03-21-2011, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith1995

We need to redirect a URL to a new URL but we can't get it to work and I believe it is due to the inclusion of variables in the URL.

For example, we need to redirect http://www.domain.com/attorneydetail...tion=view&id=8 to http://www.domain.com/practiceareas....tion=view&id=2

How would we do this in a .htaccess file?

You're doing it the hard way. Simply put an index.php file in the current root of your webserver and make it point to your new site directory by placing this inside:

Code:

<?php
    header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
    header("Location: http://new.url.of.your.website.com");
    exit();
?>

No messing around with .htaccess or rewrite engines required.

keith1995 · 03-21-2011, 08:38 PM

Krupski,

I don't need to redirect to a whole new domain name, rather just redirect one dynamic page to another dynamic page.

Krupski · 03-22-2011, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith1995

Krupski,

I don't need to redirect to a whole new domain name, rather just redirect one dynamic page to another dynamic page.

It will still work. That's all I do is redirect one page to another. Here's my exact index.php file:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
    <head>
        <title>Redirecting you...</title>
    </head>
    <body style="background-color:#99ccff;padding:1.0em;">
        <?php
            header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
            header("Location: http://three-dog.homelinux.com/phpbb/index.php");
            exit();
        ?>
        <div style="background-color:#fff7f0;width:50%;text-align:center;padding:3.0em;border:2px solid #336699;">
            <a href="http://three-dog.homelinux.com/phpbb/index.php">
                <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:16px;">Please click this link if you are not automatically redirected</span>
            </a>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

See? All I do is redirect "index.php" from my web root to "webroot/phpbb/index.php".

Works fine.

domenicfz · 04-11-2011, 04:28 PM

I have a landing page that I need to hit and then have that landing page redirect the user to a different page. I am stuck on keeping the URL variables in tact when the redirect happens.

htttp://www.domain1.com/test.php?variable1=test&variable2=test2

once that page is hit, I need it to redirect to lets say domain2 but keep the variables:

htttp://www.domain2.com/test.php?variable1=test&variable2=test2

munkeyboy · 04-11-2011, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keith1995

We need to redirect a URL to a new URL but we can't get it to work and I believe it is due to the inclusion of variables in the URL.

For example, we need to redirect http://www.domain.com/attorneydetail...tion=view&id=8 to http://www.domain.com/practiceareas....tion=view&id=2

How would we do this in a .htaccess file?

At the very top of attorneydetails.php enter:

PHP Code:


			
if( $_GET['id'] == 8 ){
header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
header( "Location: http://www.domain.com/practiceareas.php?$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']" );
exit();
}

Thanks to Krupski since I copied your code

classics40 · 09-23-2011, 02:05 PM

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=108
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=fr$
RewriteRule index.php http://www.yoursite.com/nameforseo/fr/nameforseo/nameforseo? [L,R=301]

so here i want to redirect for example : index.php?id=108&page=content&lang=fr
*note that i filter variable id and language in two different rewrite conditions.

Then i redirect to any page i want. Also note the ? at the end of my rewrite rule, the ? stops the automatic transmission of previous Get variables to the new redirect url.

classics40 · 09-23-2011, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by classics40

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=108
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=fr$
RewriteRule index.php http://www.yoursite.com/nameforseo/fr/nameforseo/nameforseo? [L,R=301]

so here i want to redirect for example : index.php?id=108&page=content&lang=fr
*note that i filter variable id and language in two different rewrite conditions.

Then i redirect to any page i want. Also note the ? at the end of my rewrite rule, the ? stops the automatic transmission of previous Get variables to the new redirect url.

if for example you have index.php?var1=232&id=108&var2=blla&lang=fr
change the
[CODE]RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=108
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=fr$

for
[CODE]RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} &?id=108
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} lang=fr$

it will look for it where ever the var is situated in the url