301 Redirect Syntax

[jcrocker]

I am having some problems creating a 301 redirect in my .htaccess for a page that has changed names. This is what I have entered in my .htaccess:

redirect 301 /mydir/customer/product.php?productid=100001&cat=&page=1 [mysite.com...]

I think the problem has to to with the usage of the "?" and "&" in the document location. I have other 301 redirects established in my .htaccess for static pages that are working jsut fine. Any help would be great!

[jatar_k]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld jcrocker,

why not deliver it with php instead for that particular query string

There is an example in the user notes for header [php.net]

$url='http://www.mysite.com/mydir/customer/product.php?productid=100002&cat=&page=1';
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: ".$url);
header("Connection: close");

[jcrocker]

The site makes use of templates which I think would make using the PHP redirect complicated. My thought was it would be easier to manage all of the redirects in a single .htaccess file. Thanks alot for your suggestion but do you think it is possible to do what I want within the .htaccess?

[jatar_k]

I believe it is a syntax problem

Redirect permanent /mydir/customer/product.php?productid=100001&cat=&page=1 [mysite.com...]

using permanent instead of 301

take a look here
[httpd.apache.org...]

[jcrocker]

Thanks again but still no luck...even using redirect permanent.

[jdMorgan]

jcrocker,

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

The problem is that the Redirect directive cannot "see" the query string appended to the URL. This is true on either many or all Apache servers -- I'm not sure which.

If you have access to mod_rewrite, the following code will do what you want:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^productid=100001&cat=&page=1$
RewriteRule ^mydir/customer/product\.php$ http://www.mysite.com/mydir/customer/product.php?productid=100002&cat=&page=1 [R=301,L]

This rule can be expanded to change only the productid and retain the other parameters if needed.

Jim

[jcrocker]

jdMorgan...thanks so much!

Your suggestion worked just as I need!