I have a rule in my .htaccess file to overwrite ugly parameter urls with clean paths.
Here is an example:
RewriteRule ^landing(/)?([0-9]+)?(/)?$ landing/index.php?intPage=$2
So when someone goes to /landing/3, it would load the index.php page passing intPage parameters as 3.
Very simple.
However, I'm using techniques to trace Google Analytics referals, so I need to tack parameters onto this URL:
For example:
/landing/3?kt_type=ad&kt_st1=adwords&kt_st2=prize_a_us.en
The problem is that, I don't know how to retrieve the parameters that are tacked onto the URL, since the URL has already been overwritten and now I can't retrieve kt_type, kt_st1 etc.
Any idea on how to make it possible so I can still tack parameters to already overwritten URLs?
Use QSA flag. Change your rule to this:
RewriteRule ^landing/?([0-9]+)?/?$ landing/index.php?intPage=$1 [L,NC,QSA]
From official docs:
QSA - Appends any query string from the original request URL to any
query string created in the rewrite target
Related
I have old URLs that use the following:
mydomain.com/?page=article&cid=149&aid=1554
I had to change the name of the old index.php (which that URL above 'used'), for various reasons... and the file name is now index_180311.php. So those old links no longer work. The query string that does not change is the 'page=' part... the rest can be variable.
So what mod rewrite command would I need to make old URLs with the 'page=' query string get redirected to the new file name/path at:
mydomain.com/index_180311.php?page=article&cid=149&aid=1554
so that they work again?
I've searched the boards and tried altering other htaccess commands from other threads, but have not been successful (it usually ends up crashing my whole site), as I think I created infinite loops.
Thanks much in advance.
I wouldn't do an external redirect, try something like
# check for the presence of the page parameter (and a value)
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(?:.*?&)??page=[^&]+
# silently pass requests with the parameter to the old one (the query string is passed on automatically when the substitution has no "?")
RewriteRule ^(?:index\.php)?$ index_180311.php [END]
I'm basically just trying to have a master syntax for predictable URLs. Simple URL is no problem
RewriteEngine on
# RewriteRule ^friendlyUrl/content/?$ /index.php?app=main&module=content
Which to my understanding looks for the url structure and allows 1 or 0 trailing "/"'s
But some parts of the website have a /urlPrefix/ to access, eg. mysite.com/membersArea/
and /membersArea/ will be apart of every query there. I'm having trouble accomodating for trailing ?s and &s in URLs like these.
RewriteRule ^secureUrl/\?(.*)$ /index.php?app=admin&$1
This is my attempt to handle everything from mysite.com/secureUrl/ to mysite.com/secureUrl/?var1=foo&var2=bar and after many server errors and a search, I find myself here.
This is the most complex line I have and between you and me, I couldn't tell you exactly what's happening other than it looks for /friendlyUrl/10DIGITKEY/(possible task)/?possiblevars=foo&var2=bar
RewriteRule ^friendlyUrl/([a-zA-Z0-9]{10})/?([a-z]*)/?\??(.*)$ /index.php?app=main&module=web&id=$1&$2&$3
Htaccess has always been my weakest subject, and as a webmaster I pay the price constantly, any help would be appreciated.
Need to input the same request to the PHP file (plus ANY query with or without ? or &) whether its just /friendlyUrl/ or /friendyUrl/?var=1, /friendlyUrl/&var=1, /friendlyUrl/var=1
You're looking to keep the query string of your request URI to remain as is, or to be included in the rewritten URL after the rewrite process is done.
For this purpose, you use the QSA flag in your RewriteRule directive. So, to rewrite /friendlyUrl/10DIGITKEY/(possible task)/?possiblevars=foo&var2=bar, you'd have:
RewriteRule ^friendlyUrl/([a-z\d]{10})/([^/]*)/?$ /index.php?app=main&module=web&id=$1&task=$2 [QSA]
Notice the QSA flag at the end. Also, keep in mind that I'm passing the second match (the possible task of your URL) as another variable (named task). This variable will be empty if nothing was found.
QSA|qsappend
When the replacement URI contains a query string, the default behavior
of RewriteRule is to discard the existing query string, and replace it
with the newly generated one. Using the [QSA] flag causes the
query strings to be combined.
I'm trying to find a redirect that will remove part of a URL (in the middle), but leaves the query string in place at the end.
I can do this fine via a single url redirect, but there are hundreds of these urls so I'm trying to find a rule that might be able to do for all of them in one fell swoop, so i don't have to make one for each and any new ones will get redirected automatically.
I'm trying to remove 'search.php' from the urls, here is an example:
www.site.com/products/search.php?rPage=/items/listing/detail_handler.jsp?code=219592&units=Feet&item_id=2624472
to redirect to:
www.site.com/products/?rPage=/items/listing/detail_handler.jsp?code=219592&units=Feet&item_id=2624472
Thanks for your time.
According to the documentation, the query string is passed through unchanged by default
RewriteRule products/search.php http://www.site.com/products/ [L,R=301]
Stupidly, I have sent out a newsletter without checking the links. One of which is broken so I want to handle this with htaccess.
My URL that is being linked to is:
http://www.domain.com.au/www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/ne%20w-zealand/camper-rentals/
where the actual page is:
http://www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/new-zealand/camper-rentals/
Note the space in new zealand as well as the additional www.domain.com.au
How can I set this up in htaccess?
Thanks
Since you don't have to manipulate the URL, you can use a simple Redirect:
Redirect /www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/ne%20w-zealand/camper-rentals/ http://www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/new-zealand/camper-rentals/
Edit If Apache doesn't like the space unquoted as %20, try quoting the whole thing with a real space in there:
Redirect "/www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/ne w-zealand/camper-rentals/" http://www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/new-zealand/camper-rentals/
Edit2 If it's appending a query string, you will need to use mod_rewrite to get rid of the querystring rather than a simple redirect, I'm afraid.
RewriteEngine On
# If the request starts with www.domain.com.au, it is the broken link
# Rewrite to the proper URL and put ? on the end to remove the query string
RewriteRule ^www\.domain\.com\.au http://www.domain.com.au/campers-and-motorhomes/new-zealand/camper-rentals/? [L,R=301]
Does anyone have any idea if it is possible to put additional variables into a URL that you are using mod_rewrite to basically chop up into variables.
For example, if I have the URL:
website.com/post/53/post-title/
and I am using mod_rewrite to turn it into:
website.com/post.php?postid=53
Is there and elegant way to put additional variables into the "pre-rewritten" URL and keep them for my post.php script?
I.E., what if I create a link like the following:
website.com/post/53/post-title/?anothervar=6
So far it seems like my mod_rewrite code is just throwing out the additional variable and sending the URL to the post.php script like this:
website.com/post.php?postid=53
I do know that I can use $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] to get the original URL in my php script (AKA website.com/post/53/post-title/?anothervar=6) before it gets rewritten by mod_rewrite and then just chop up the string to get that added on variable, but I just wanted to know if there was a more elegant solution that solely used mod_rewrite.
you can also use %{QUERY_STRING} to pass original query string to new url. or use it as you wish e.g.
RewriteRule /pages/(.*) /page.php?page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [R]
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule
"qsappend|QSA"
Use, QSA to make mod_rewrite properly "merge" additional arguments when rewriting.
RewriteRule /pages/(.+) /page.php?page=$1 [QSA]
That will add "page=$1" to whatever request the user made.
PS. Although take care, because mod_rewrite will happily overwrite "page" though if the user specifies it. No way around it that I know off.