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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Eric Covener <covener [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Tiago Marques <tiagomnm [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I'm trying to do 301 redirects from a website which used queries
> extensively
> > but doesn't use any now. I found this piece of code but it doesn't seem
> to
> > work.
> >>
> >> RewriteEngine on
> >>
> >> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=13$
> >>
> >> RewriteRule ^/page.php$ http://www.example.com/newname.htm? [L,R=301]
> >
> > All the examples I found are very similar to this one but I can't get any
> of
> > them to work, it simply keeps the ?id=13 part and doesn't rewrite the
> url.
> > Am I doing anything wrong or has something changed from one mod_rewrite
> > revision to another?
>
> If it's not doing anything, maybe you put them in the wrong VirtualHost?
>
> If you put it in .htaccess, the RewriteRule will never match due to
> only matching a leading slash -- those are never present in
> per-directory context. You'd also need to make sure AllowOverride was
> set for that Directory.
>
>
It was in the .htaccess. You were absolutely right, with the leading slash
removed it works great. I'm not using "AllowOverride" though, will I have
any problem because of it?
Thank you for helping out.
Best regards
>
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> Eric Covener
> covener [at] gmail.com
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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Eric Covener <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:covener [at] gmail.com">covener [at] gmail.com</=
a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0=
0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5">On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Tiago Mar=
ques <<a href=3D"mailto:tiagomnm [at] gmail.com">tiagomnm [at] gmail.com</a>> w=
rote:<br>
> Hi,<br>
> I'm trying to do 301 redirects from a website which used queries e=
xtensively<br>
> but doesn't use any now. I found this piece of code but it doesn&#=
39;t seem to<br>
> work.<br>
>><br>
>> RewriteEngine on<br>
>><br>
>> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^id=3D13$<br>
>><br>
>> RewriteRule ^/page.php$ <a href=3D"http://www.example.com/newname.=
htm" target=3D"_blank">http://www.example.com/newname.htm</a>? [L,R=3D301]<=
br>
><br>
> All the examples I found are very similar to this one but I can't =
get any of<br>
> them to work, it simply keeps the ?id=3D13 part and doesn't rewrit=
e the url.<br>
> Am I doing anything wrong or has something changed from one mod_rewrit=
e<br>
> revision to another?<br>
<br>
</div></div>If it's not doing anything, maybe you put them in the wrong=
VirtualHost?<br>
<br>
If you put it in .htaccess, the RewriteRule will never match due to<br>
only matching a leading slash -- those are never present in<br>
per-directory context. =C2=A0You'd also need to make sure AllowOverride=
was<br>
set for that Directory.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It was in the .htaccess. You were abso=
lutely right, with the leading slash removed it works great. I'm not us=
ing "AllowOverride" though, will I have any problem because of it=
?</div>
<div>Thank you for helping out.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div>=
<div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>
--<br>
Eric Covener<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:covener [at] gmail.com">covener [at] gmail.com</a><br>
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