HTACCESS Redirects

Question

In my htaccess file, I have the following two rules. I would like to make the second one occur on the condition that the first one doesn't match. Currently, they both get run. Is there any way around the collision?

redirect 301 /lorem/ipsum-keyword.html /lorem/dolorem-keyword.html
RewriteRule (.*)-keyword.html$  /dir/file.php?param=$1

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You might use a rewrite rule for the 301 and add the L flag, so it will ignore the following rules.

I can't test it, but this should work:

RewriteRule /lorem/ipsum-keyword.html$  /lorem/dolorem-keyword.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule (.*)-keyword.html$  /dir/file.php?param=$1

Answer 2

Use mod_rewrite for both and use the L option to ensure that no further rewriting occurs. Something like this:

RewriteRule ^lorem/ipsum-keyword.html$ http://yourdomain.com/lorem/dolorem-keyword.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule (.*)-keyword.html$  /dir/file.php?param=$1