g1smd
msg:4034521 | 11:29 am on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
In what way does it "not work"? What is the test URL? What do you get back from the website? If I ask for example.com/folder[b]/,[/b] your rule will likely return www.example.com/folder[b]/,/[/b] I see. You might want to clarify your requirements.
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parorrey
msg:4034523 | 11:47 am on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hi, my wrong url is www.example.com/section1, ending with a comma and which I want to make www.example.com/section1/ Thanks.
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jdMorgan
msg:4034536 | 12:37 pm on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
The RewriteCond pattern is incorrect, and the RewriteCond isn't needed anyway. The key is to not include the trailing comma in the parenthesized pattern match to be back-referenced by $1 :
RewriteRule ^(.+),$ http://www.example.com/$1/ [R=301,L]
Jim
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g1smd
msg:4034550 | 1:22 pm on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
One clarification. Do you want to fix just a single trailing comma, or will you ever have other characters (that you also need to dump) appended directly after the comma?
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parorrey
msg:4034553 | 1:32 pm on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
Hi Jim and g1smd, your solution worked like a charm. Actually one of my website started getting lots of 404 hits and the incorrect urls have trailing commas (the one I posted), rest of the url is just fine. I've not been able to locate from where this comma is coming yet but meanwhile I thought to remove the error log at least by adding this rule. Thanks for your help! @g1smd, yep, this comma was the only issue at the moment but you may please suggest a better rule if you have any ideas. Thanks mate.
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g1smd
msg:4034601 | 3:01 pm on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
The comma comes from forum, blog, and CMS-driven sites that use auto-linking for typed-in URLs. A user types a URL as part of a post, using proper English and punctuation. The forum, blog, or CMS software has a bug such that it incorrectly includes the trailing punctuation as if it were a legitimate part of the URL. You can sometimes see where these incoming links come from by using Google WebmasterTools. My sites usually fix trailing commas, colons, semi-colons, periods, parentheses, and other such punctuation.
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jdMorgan
msg:4034685 | 5:00 pm on Dec 1, 2009 (gmt 0) |
An almost infinite variety of rewriterules, depending on your needs...
# Externally redirect to remove all invalid trailing characters (often
# the result of punctuation following links posted in forums & blogs)
RewriteRule ^(.+)[^0-9a-z/]$ http://www.example.com/$1/ [NC,R=301,L]
Jim
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parorrey
msg:4035177 | 6:37 am on Dec 2, 2009 (gmt 0) |
That's very useful indeed. Thanks again.
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