.htaccess

[Manny]

I'm currently trying to make my site a little more user friendly in terms of URLs.I've had a good look into the mod_rewrite and for the most part, have the URLs working. However, because the original URLs are still accessible, I would like to place a 301 redirect on these. I've searched around the web but still cannot get it working.Below are three examples of rewrites I have set up:

RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+)$ games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1 [L]RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/member/([0-9]+)$ games/predictionleague/index.php?member=$1 [L]RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/([A-Za-z]+)$ games/predictionleague/index.php?action=$1 [L]

How would I be able to convert these into 301 redirects without constantly bumping into problems.

[Synook]

Just add R=301 to the modifiers, e.g.

RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+)$ games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1 [L,R=301]

[Manny]

That works, but the wrong way round:Using the example above:

games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+)

Redirects to:

games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1

I want this the other way round so that the query (?matchday=) is hidden, but it's value remains in the URL. I also believe I have to enter the full URL for the redirect as it enters the full server directory into the address bar.

[boen_robot]

Going to another page without the user seeing another URL is a URL rewrite, which I believe is exactly what you were initially doing. Going to another URL and letting the user see it, after making an extra HTTP request is called a redirect, which is what the code Synook showed does.So... which of the two you want again?

[Manny]

I think I want both:Basically, I want to replace the URLs with the query strings with new URLs.ie:

games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+)Instead of:games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1

However, because the content would load through both URLs, if they enter the one with the query string, I want to redirect them to the new URL.

[boen_robot]

Have you tried adding that requirement explicitly, i.e.

RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=([0-9]+)$ games/predictionleague/matchday/$1 [L,R=301]

[Manny]

That one doesn't seem to do anything at all.I think I might give it a try using PHP headers. This way seems to cause a few problems.

[ColdEdge]

Try this code, if it dosent work remove this part "RewriteBase games/predictionleague" and try again, if dosen't work just post back here.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>			RewriteEngine on						RewriteBase games/predictionleague			 			RewriteRule ^games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+) games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1 [L, QSA]		<IfModule mod_env.c>		SetEnv SEO_SUPPORT 1		</IfModule>		</IfModule>

The problem is heregames/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=([0-9]+)$ <-- ye that goes 2nd andgames/predictionleague/matchday/$1 <-- goes 1stso ^games/predictionleague/matchday/([0-9]+) games/predictionleague/index.php?matchday=$1 would be correct $1 tells the system to fetch any #int from matchday query. And forces $1 to be displayed after ...../matchday/#

[Manny]

Thanks for your help ColdEdge, but I've sorted the problem using 301 redirects in PHP.I stumbled across an error whilst trying that out too, but it's sorted now.There is a thread about it here:http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=31797

[ColdEdge]

Did you try my suggestion if script fails to remove

  RewriteBase games/predictionleague

just wondering ^^

[Manny]

No, I didn't try it.There will be other rewrites from different directories so my RewriteBase is the root of my site.