Simple .htaccess redirect

[Enigma5]

I am trying to redirect specific pages and I can't seem to get the snytax correct for the .htaccess file. Here is what I want to do...

http://www.example.org/old/index.php?x=reviews&id=1064

Redirect to

http://www.example.org/griffin-tuneflex-aux-with-smartclick-for-iphone-review/

any help would be appreciated!

[aishalal]

Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
rewritecond %{http_host} ^www.example.org/old/index.php?x=reviews&id=1064 [nc]
rewriterule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.org/griffin-tuneflex-aux-with-smartclick-for-iphone-review/ $1 [r=301,nc]

just copy and past this code in notepad and upload it.
your site ll redirect to new one

Thank you

[Enigma5]

quick question, what does the "nc" do?

I was told before the rewrites should end like this [R=301,L]

[lucy24]

NC = no case = it doesn't matter if the original request said

old
or
Old
or
OLD

301 = "yo! google! this page has moved forever, so stop indexing it"

L = stop here and don't apply any further rewrites if you've done this one

[Enigma5]

Ok so I changed my .htaccess and now on every page of the site a get a 500 server error, are you sure the syntax is correct?

[g1smd]

HTTP_HOST is the wrong server variable to test. In any case it holds only the hostname. It does not hold the path nor the query string.

You will instead need a RewriteCond looking at THE_REQUEST here.

I hae posted code for this type of redirect here in this forum within the last 72 hours. It's a question that is asked several times per week.

[lucy24]

Urk, sorry, I just realized you were asking about the second "nc". You don't need that one at all, since the rule doesn't contain any explicit text.

Irrelevant suggestion: If you haven't already got one, make a custom 500 page to go with your 404 and 403. Any visitors who arrive while you're sorting out the htaccess syntax will thank you ;)