Apache Redirect 301 fails with parameters

Question

Hi, i try to do 301 redirect from this address: /web/8888/nsf/sbs.py?&_ID=9884&did=3025&PF=14&G=9884&SM=9884&lang=HE&_UserReference=956357C53FD2C8024C725EE5

to this address: /?page=product&p_id=9884

the 9884 value is dynamic value the others always not

I try to use:

Redirect 301 "/web/8888/nsf/sbs.py?&_ID=9884&did=3025&PF=14&G=9884&SM=9884&lang=HE&_UserReference=956357C53FD2C8024C725EE5"  /?page=product&p_id=9884

someone can help me solve that issue?

Answer 1

The problem is that Redirect does not examine query strings when performing a match. Instead, you'll need to use mod_rewrite to perform your redirections.

Keeping that in mind, from your example URL, it sounds like you want something like this:

RewriteEngine On

# Check if the path part matches the URLs we want to redirect
# If so, check if the query string contains an ID
# If we find an ID, redirect to the correct product page with that ID number
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\A|&)_ID=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^web/8888/nsf/sbs\.py$ /?page=product&p_id=%2 [R=301,L]