FAQ: mod_rewrite, 301 redirects, and optimizing Apache.

great thread - I have I think a simple mod rewrite

from: /directory/file1.html
to: /directory/file1/

there are about 30 as 301 redirects

any ideas?
thanks

 

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^directory/([^.]+)/$ directory/$1.html [L]

 

thanks, I have another one to do with SSL

Ok, so I have the standard 301 redirect in my .htaccess to redirect non www to www and that's works AOK


now I have introduced a SSL cert for my order pages but the cert is for the domain ie without the www (eg: domain.com is the cert)

so when you do https:// www. domain.com it says cert doesnt match because the original 301 redirect kicks in.

I only want the SSL in one directory, say domain.com/dir1/

how do I do?

at the moment I have done this:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.co.uk [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.co.uk/$1 [L,R=301]

Code (markup):

to ensure the 301 only works with non SSL stuff

then I have just done the link to the SSL page as domain.co.uk/dir1/

and of course it works

but I want the URL to show with the www as well (and if folks come in from whatever place, to turn (worst case scenario) http://domain.co.uk/dir1/ into https://www.domain.co.uk/dir1/

any ideas

many thanks

 

I'm not sure how to change the https part, except redirecting http:// to https:// using 301 redirect.

 

I believe a suimple call to your SSL cert issuer to have them reissue for www domain is your easiest and best bet. Comodo reissued mine with no hassels.

 

OK, will do
thanks

 

function url_prepare($s)
{
	//return str_replace(array(" ","/","'","\""),".",$s);
	$s2 = "";
	$stringlen = strlen($s);
	
	if ($stringlen <1 ) 
	  return "";
	else
	{
	 $i =0;
	 while ($i <$stringlen)
	 {
	 	$i=$i+1;
	 	$c = $s{$i-1};
	 	if (($c>="a") and ($c<="z"))
	 	  $s2 .=$c;
	 	else
	 	 if (($c >="A") and ($c <="Z"))
	 	  $s2 .=$c;
	 	 else
	 	  $s2 .="."; //change "." to whatever you want
	 }
  }
  // if ".." apears somewhere, make only 1 "." 
  $s2 = str_replace("...",".",$s2);  
  $s2 = str_replace("..",".",$s2);
  // if the text was only numbers and signs and all were removed add at least one dot
  if ($s2=="") $s2 = ".";
  return $s2;  
}

PHP:

I'm using the above function to convert an article title to words delimited by a dot.

Ex. Introduction to 5 operating systems -> Introduction.to.operating.systems

for those of you perfectionists: I know it's not the best programming, could have used regexp, cases and so on and so forth but it does the job.

 

I can't get this redirect to work...

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^folder/page.php?imageID=([^.]+)\&type=listing h ttp://w ww.site.com/folder/page.php [R=301,L]

imageId=upto 3 digit number I don't need the number for the imageID as this page will be deleted once I get the redirect to work, it's just for good SEO to not report 404's if anyone visits and old link from a SE

While these work fine:
RewriteRule ^folder/ref([^.]+)\.html$ h ttp://ww w.site.com/folder/file.php [R=301,L]


Ian

 

Question: I have a few variables that use a + symbol in them. For example: whatever.com/directory/category.php?cat=something+somethingelse . Is it OK to leave the + if i change these pages to a static looking page? Example, changing the above url to: whatever.com/directory/category/something+somethingelse.html or shoudl i remove the + ? Do search engines dislike + symbols in urls? Thanks!

EDIT: It seems the mod rewrite works for variables without + symbols. Any variables that have the + on my site won't rewrite to a static address Anyway around this?

 

I don't know if it'll work, but try adding a \ before the +.

Or post the .htaccess code, if the + isn't in .htaccess.


RewriteRule ^folder/page.php?imageID=([^.]+)\&type=listing$ http://www.site.com/folder/page.php [R=301,L]

it might be just missing the $

And every page would go to the same page, folder/page.php

 

Still doesn't work, even when I change the file to an exact number and then visit that page id it still doesn't redirect: The section in red is the one I have problems with.

[EDIT]Just tried this:
RedirectMatch 301 /folder/viewimage.php.* http://www.site.com

And it works but also takes the value after the '?' how can I NOT take the value?
[/EDIT]

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html

php_value session.use_trans_sid 0

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_z/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_z.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_y/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_y.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_x/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_x.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_w/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/el_puerto_de_santa_maria_rental_ref_w.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_v/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_v.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_u/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_u.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_n/([^.]+)\.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_n.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_m/([^.]+)\.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_m.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_L/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_rental_ref_L.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_j1/([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/rota_rental_apartment_ref_j1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_j/([^.]+)\refj.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_j.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_i/([^.]+)\refi.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_i.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_h/([^.]+)\refh.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_h.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_g1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_villa_rental_ref_g1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_g/([^.]+)\refg.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_g.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_f/([^.]+)\reff.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_f.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_e1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/conil_rental_ref_e1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_e/([^.]+)\refe.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_e.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_d1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_d1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_d/([^.]+)\refd.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_d.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_b1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_b1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_a1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/sanlucar_de_barrameda_rental_ref_a1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_o/([^.]+)\.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/grazalema_apartment_ref_o.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_a/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_a.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_b/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_b.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_c/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_c.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_c1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/jerez_de_la_frontera_rental_ref_c1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_f1/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/grazalema_rental_accommodation_ref_f1.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_h1/([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/bornos_rental_ref_h1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_k/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_k.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_p/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_p.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_q/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_q.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_r/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_r.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_s/([^.]+)\.php$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/ref_s.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^sierra_properties_for_sale/ref([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^costa_properties_for_sale/ref([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_([^.]+)\/([^.]+)\_ref([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php?location=Inland [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_([^.]+)\/([^.]+)\_ref([^.]+)\.html$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php?location=Coastal [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_([^.]+)\/([^.]+)\_ref([^.]+)\.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php?location=Inland [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^folder/pic_ref_([^.]+)\/([^.]+)\_ref([^.]+)\.htm$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php?location=Coastal [R=301,L]

[color=red]RewriteRule ^folder/viewimage.php?imageID=377&type=listing$ http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php [R=301,L][/color]

redirect 301 /file.html http://ww w.site.com/costa_rentals.php
redirect 301 /folder/sanlucar.html http://ww w.site.com/costa/sanlucar_de_barrameda.php
redirect 301 /folder/costa_ballena.html http://ww w.site.com/costa/costa_ballena.php
redirect 301 /folder/grazalema.html http://ww w.site.com/sierra/grazalema.php
redirect 301 /sales.html http://ww w.site.com/folder/listing_browse.php
redirect 301 /folder/ref_o.php http://ww w.site.com/folder/grazalema_apartment_ref_o.html
redirect 301 /folder/pic_ref_i1/1.html http://ww w.site.com/folder/sevilleruralaccommodation_ref_i1.html
redirect 301 /sotogrande_golf_villa_for_sale.php http://ww w.site.com/sotogrande

Code (markup):

 

Good advice, but i don't think that is what i'm lookign for. Here is my code:

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^cars/(.*)\.html$ cars/cat.php?category=$1 [L]

Code (markup):

The $1 has variables with + in them. example: man+woman . For whatever reason, it won't rewrite the link. I can only figure it's the + symbol because anything without it works fine with the code above. Any suggestions?

 

(.*) is supposed to cover everything!!! Try
RewriteRule ^cars/(.*)+(.*)\.html$ cars/cat.php?category=$1+$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^cars/(.*)\.html$ cars/cat.php?category=$1 [L]

If that works, try ([^.]+) instead. That's better than that code.

Post a few current URLs and where you want them to go.

 

hey Leeds, this may do it.....although i am not 100% these are the ports you use.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

#For non ssl ports
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

#For ssl ports
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^443
RewriteRule (.*) https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Code (markup):

 

Man, excellent thinking on yoru part but no go

Is it possible for me to set .htaccess to strip out the + symbol in the variable and replace it with somethign else that works?

 

You would have to edit the php script to search and replace + with for example _ or nothing. Something like

$whatever = preg_replace('/+/mi', '_', $whatever);

(Post in the php board.)

 

Thanks dude...

Ok, so i went back an dlooked at my coding and my database. It's not an actual + on the databse, it's a space. So for example:

whatever/cat.php?cat=variable1+variable2 can work the same as whatever/cat.php?cat=variable1%20variable2

Now, does this make it easier to get this mod_rewrite to work with the %20? Is it easy to remove the %20 and turn the link into a search engine friendly link?

 

Search and replace can fix it. Space to -.

 

Something like from:
h t tp://www.costaandsierra.com/property_details/viewimage.php?imageID=376&type=listing

h t tp://www.costaandsierra.com/property_details/viewimage.php?imageID=139&type=listing

h t tp://www.costaandsierra.com/property_details/viewimage.php?imageID=609&type=listing

GOING TO:
h t tp://www.costaandsierra.com/
OR
h t tp://www.costaandsierra.com/property_details/listing_browse.php

 

Options +Indexes
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^property_details/viewimage.php?imageID=([^.]+)&type=listing$ http://www.costaandsierra.com/property_details/listing_browse.php [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^property_details/viewimage.php?imageID=([^.]+)&type=listing$ http://www.costaandsierra.com/ [R=301,L]

Code (markup):