Help with mod_rewrite and mod_redirect - .htaccess

My .htaccess file is:
Redirect 301 http://domain.com/news/articles?dtMain_start=150 http://domain.com/news/articles
Redirect 301 http://domain.com/news/articles?dtMain_start=160 http://domain.com/news/articles
Redirect 301 http://domain.com/news/articles?dtMain_start=170 http://domain.com/news/articles
#
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# The Friendly URLs part
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
I also have to incorporate the following rule
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.domain.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
I cannot get them to work together... can anyone help...
I tried just stacking the Redirects before the RewriteCond and I get this...
http://www.domain.com/news/articles?q=news/articles?dbMain_start=150
ie http://domain.com/newpage?q=oldpage
Okay Mod_Alias and Mod_Rewrite don't like each other.
Can I write something like:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_QUERY_STRING} ^.*&bodgeredirect=true$
RewriteRule ^(.*)&bodgeredirect=true$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

First of all: There is not mod_redirect. Redirect is a directive of mod_alias.
And the Redirect directive, like any other directive of mod_alias, does only work with the URL path. So your Redirect directives won’t work as expected. Use mod_rewrite equivalents instead:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} =example.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^dtMain_start=(150|160|170)$
RewriteRule ^news/articles$ /news/articles? [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
In general it is not a good idea to mix mod_alias and mod_rewrite if the patterns coincide with each other.

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Avoid infinite loop with 301 redirects

I'm using .htaccess to redirect
http://www.example.com/foo/
to
http://www.example.com/foo/bar
This is my code:
redirect 301 /foo/ http://www.example.com/foo/bar
However this produces a feedback loop, something like
http://www.example.com/foo/barbarbarbarbarbar etc.
I've tried placing delimiters around it:
redirect 301 ^/foo/$ http://www.example.com/foo/bar
but then the redirect simply doesn't take place. I'm probably missing some very simple point of syntax. Any ideas? Thanks.
EDIT
Here's my (almost) full .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Canonical is www version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]
#redirect => http unless special page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/(javascripts|images|library|stylesheets)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
#redirect => https for special pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
# send to router
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [L]
Have your rules like this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Canonical is www version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.example.com%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
#redirect => http unless special page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !/(javascripts|images|library|stylesheets)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
#redirect => https for special pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule !^index\.php$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^foo/?$ /foo/bar [L,NC,R=301]
# send to router
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
make sure to test this in a new browser or clear your browser cache before testing.
For your information, it really depends on your hosting provider. It may be behind a Load Balancer and you don't have the proper env var set (like HTTPS and others...).
In my case (Infomaniak), nothing actually worked and I got infinite redirect loop.
The right way to do this for Infomaniak is actually explained in their support site:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteRule (.*) https://your-domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
So, always check with your hosting provider. Hopefully they have an article explaining how to do this. Otherwise, just ask the support.
It depends on what is the resource that you want to expose with your redirect.
Is it a file or a directory.
if you would expose a directory under bar you should try :
RedirectMatch 301 ^/foo/ http://www.example.com/foo/bar/
if you would redirect to a file you should use this syntax :
redirect 301 /foo http://www.example.com/foo/bar
you can see this post for more informations
Instead of using redirect, you can use passthrough.
RewriteRule ^/foo$ /foo/bar [PT]

.htaccess 301 Redirect non slash domains and slash domain to .html

I am trying to add some code to my .htaccess to redirect slash and non slash urls to the .html all url's apart from my homepage.
For example
www.mydomain.com/cat/ and www.mydomain.com/cat
should redirect to www.mydomain.com/cat.html
I have managed to add the following to my .htaccess which redirects www.mydomain.com/cat to the right place www.mydomain.com/cat.html but need some help on how to make slash version redirect to the .html page
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[^./]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mydomain.com/$1.html [R=301,L]
My whole .htaccess looks like this, if anyone has any suggestions on how it should look in light of the above it would be greatly appreciated.
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^xxx.xxx.xxx.xx [nc,or]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*/index.php
RewriteRule ^(.*)index.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[^./]+$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.*)/$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://mydomain.com/$1.html [R=301,L]
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
# Pleas note that RewriteBase setting is obsolete use it only in case you experience some problems with SEO addon.
# Some hostings require RewriteBase to be uncommented
# Example:
# Your store url is http://www.yourcompany.com/store/cart
# So "RewriteBase" should be:
# RewriteBase /store/cart
# RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(png|gif|ico|swf|jpe?g|js|css)$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . index.php?sef_rewrite=1 [L,QSA]
</IfModule>
SOLVED:
I just added:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.+)/$
RewriteRule ^(.+)/$ /$1 [R=301,L]
The separate rules seems to be working for you, but I think you can simplify it to one rule, with an optional slash. Your rule redirects the slash to no-slash, which then redirects again to the .html. With one rule, you'd only have one redirect.
This has the standard RewriteCond that check if it's not a file or a folder, so it doesn't keep redirecting .html if it's already one. Then, the \? in the ReweriteRule is an optional slash.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ http://mydomain.com/$1.html [R=301,L]
If this is all in your domain, you can omit it from the result:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ /$1.html [R=301,L]
Also, note this will catch and work with subfolders, whether or not you mean it to. e.g.,
www.mydomain.com/animals/cat/ will redirect to www.mydomain.com/animals/cat.html

How to forward from example.com/en to example.com/en/ with htaccess?

I am stuck trying to write a rewrite rule for my htaccess file which should forward from for example www.example.com/en to www.example.com/en/
I tried: RewriteRule ^en/?$ en [L]
but nothing happens. Does someone have an idea how to accomplish this?
You can use following rules in your .htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(?![^/]*/).*$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [L,R]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/$ index.php?lang=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([^/]*)/([^/]*)/?$ index.php?action=$2&lang=$1 [QSA,L]
This will:
externally redirect: /en to /en/ and internally redirect this to /index.php?lang=en
internall redirect: /fr/login to /index.php?action=login&lang=fr
Additionally: As per your comment you will need this rule to add www in domain:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
Use RedirectMatch:
RedirectMatch Permanent ^/en$ /en/

Can someone give me the code for a specific .htaccess?

I tried to make my own .htaccess file with a few thing in it, but I'a not very familiar with it. I googled a lot but at the end I only managed to mess things up.
So, can someone give me working .htaccess code snippet?
I want it to do the following:
redirect from non-www to www
redirect index.php to / in all directories
remove ".php" from all files in all directories
redirect URL's like product.php?detail=Phone to product/detail/Phone
(also manage the trailing slash problem)
Hope someone can help.
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
#non-www to www
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^nevca.getfreehosting.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.co.uk/$1 [R=301,L]
# index.php to /
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.php\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^(([^/]+/)*[^.]+)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]
#index/menu/123/ to index.php?menu=123
RewriteRule ^index/([^/]+)/?$ /index.php?menu=$1 [L]
#index.php?menu=123 to index/menu/123/
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /index2\.php\?menu=([^&]+)\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://example.co.uk/index/%1/? [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/$ $1.php
# Forces a trailing slash to be added
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$
RewriteRule (.*)$ /$1/ [R=301,L]
Something like this, just the last 2 rules don't work...
And I also want the .php to be removed only when request is not like ".php?..."
There are some of these thing in the html5 boilerplate htaccess, you should take a look and use the part you want:
http://html5boilerplate.com/

Unable to make a 301 domain redirection

Hi I have an application which uses opencart. I would like to make a 301 reditect in case the user types http://example.com. To be redirected in http://www.example.com (301 status code)
Here is my .htaccess content:
RewriteEngine On
\#OPENCART REWRITES START
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
\#OPENCART REWRITES END
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
I get 302 redirection instead of 301.
Thanx,
Granit
Have you tried doing:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Emphasis on the second line, as it matches against http://example.com as opposed to matching against anything-but www.example.com, which will break if you happen to use subdomains. I'm not sure if this is exactly related to your 301/302 issue, but it could have an affect. Also, try on your Rule [R=301,NC,L].
Try it with a different order. Put your rules that cause an external redirect before those that only cause an internal redirect:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]
#OPENCART REWRITES START
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
#OPENCART REWRITES END

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