Redirect using .htaccess

Question

I want to redirect all user page requests to a page on the same domain.

For example, I have an "under construction, BRB" page that I want all users to see when they try to access ANY page on the site.

I tried using this:

Redirect 302 / http://www.domain.com/index2.php

What that does is try to apply the redirect to the index2.php page as well and it gets stuck in a loop where the user then sees this until the browser stops.

http://www.domain.com/index2.phpindex2.phpindex2.phpindex2.php etc., etc,

Any idea on how to write that rule to except that page?

Answer 1

You could use mod_rewrite

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteCond {REQUEST_URI} !=/index2.php
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^.*$ /index2.php
# End .HTACCESS
</IfModule>


Answer 2

I'd be more inclined to use the slightly different

Options +FollowSymLinks 
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on 
    RewriteRule ^/.*$ /index2.php [R=307,L]
</IfModule>

This will let you return a moved temporarily status for the redirect.

Omitting this set of flags means that mod_rewrite will return a 302 Found status by default.

HTH

cheers,

Answer 3

You have to exclude the file you want to redirect to. Here’s an example with mod_rewrite:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine on
    RewriteRule !^index2\.php$ /index2.php [L,R=302]
</IfModule>