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How do I redirect index.php? to index.php

[motorhaven]

We have forum software that for various reasons presents the main index page three ways:

/forums/index.php
/forums/index.php?
/forums/

Each one of those has different page rank with Google. I think we're getting some page rank dillution because of this.

I already have /forums/ redirecting to /forums/index.php but I can't figure out how to redirect index.php? to index.php.

I need do this without redirection things such as index.php?parameter=#*$!x to index.php, only redirecting index.php? to index.php.

[jd01]

You will need to use a query_string OR the_request condition.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} forums/index.php\?\
RewriteRule ^forums/index.php$ /forums/index.php [R=301,L]

The above will redirect a blank query_string.

There is some more information in the Apache Library [webmasterworld.com] and Forum Charter [webmasterworld.com]. I will try to add some information on conditions soon.

Hope this helps.

Justin

[motorhaven]

Doesn't work. I've tried many simplier redirect, redirectmatch and rewrite variations and none seem to work. I'm wondering if Apache doesn't escape the? character correctly?

[motorhaven]

I've given up. I've even tried using \x3f to match it, still no dice.

I've just coded it into the index.php file to look for this condition and do a permanent redirect via PHP. Works like a charm, but I really wished I could have done it via Apache.

[jdMorgan]

I'd suggest a few minor tweaks:

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /forums/index\.php\?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^forums/index\.php$ /forums/index.php [R=301,L]

Jim