Apache Web Server

old URL: /resources/abc.php?x=a1234
new URL: /r-abc-x-a1234

I need to do this to redirect old bookmarked URLs to the new SEO friendly ones.

This is the rule I am using:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^([a-z]+)=([a-z_0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^/resources/(.*).php$ /r-$1-%1-%2 [R=301,L]

I am getting this result-
http://example.com/r-abc-x-a1234?x=a1234

As you can see, I am getting close to the final result however getting that query string appended to the redirected URL.

How can I avoid that? I am new to mod_rewrite and learning a lot through your excellent web site. However, not able to crack this issue.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks a bunch.

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

Just add a question mark to the substitution URL to clear the query string:

RewriteRule ^/resources/(.*).php$ http://www.example.com/r-$1-%1-%2? [R=301,L]

This question mark will not "show" in the redirected URL. I also suggest you use canonical URLs with redirects as shown, to prevent problems if the server's UseCanonicalName setting is enabled in the future.

Jim

Thanks a lot for the very quick reply. It works fine after appending the?.

I am not sure I understand what you mean by Canonical urls. I'll try searching the site on this.

Thanks again and keep up the good work...

newlearner2006

Jim