Redirect - why does target have to be full URL

[HyperWeb]

Hi,
I am trying to set up some redirects in my .htaccess file.

On my test server I have been able to get the following to work

redirect /foo.html?test [blah.blah.blah...]

however it fails if I try
redirect /foo.html?test /test/foo.html

why is that so?

the reason I would like the 2nd option to work is so that I can maintain the same .htaccess file on my test and production environment, otherwise I need to have 2 copies.

On test:
redirect /foo.html?test [test.sever.blah...]

On Production:
redirect /foo.html?test [production.sever.blah...]

Am I missing something?
Thanks for your inputs.

[kaled]

Can you use environment variables in .htaccess? If yes, this should provide a solution.

Kaled.

[HyperWeb]

Hi Kaled,
thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I am not quite accomplised in Apache yet.
How would this work? Can you give a few more specifics.
Thanks.

[kaled]

Sorry, I can't help with specifics since I've never needed to delve into this.

The environment variable that might help is SERVER_NAME. There may be a syntax that can be used in .htaccess to insert this after the http://

Try forum92

Kaled.

[Dijkgraaf]

Something like the following might do the trick
redirect /foo.html?test [%{SERVER_NAME}...]