Please could you help me how to write the rule to make 301 redirect from domainname.com/categoryname/example.php?page=4 to domainname.com/categoryname/4.html I tried RewriteRule ^domainname.com/(.[a-z]*)/example.php?page=(.[0-9]*)$ domainname.com/$1/$1.html [r=301,nc] but it is not working. thank you