mod rewrite redirect 301 help

Trying to redirect this format

archive/topic/t-59411_Nastase_RHIC_produces_black_holes.html

to this:

archive/index.php/t-59411.html


thanks!!

 

RewriteRule ^archive/topic/t-59411_Nastase_RHIC_produces_black_holes.html$ archive/index.php/t-59411.html [L]
This assumes your have mod_rewrite turned on and an .htacess file in your home or root directory. This will only rewrite an exact match on the URL.

 

Thanks PopaWoody! the t-59411 is a variable id. How would I make that dynamic?

 

also I want to make sure this is a redirect. the first url does not exist. the content only exists on in the second url.

 

Your first question is a bit more involved and would require a different set of rules and regexes . The second part...the redirect. What I gave you will redirect any request...whether it actually exists or not to the redirect URL. Itwould be consider at 301 redirect. You could make it a 302...but I think that is not what is needed.

 

I got what I wanted mostly from this:

RewriteRule ^archive/topic/t-([0-9-]+)([[a-zA-Z0-9_]*).html$ archive/index.php/t-$1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^archive/topic/t-([0-9-]+)$ archive/index.php/t-$1.html [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^archive/topic/([0-9-]+).html$ archive/index.php/t-$1.html [R=301,L]

RewriteRule ^archive/t-([0-9-]+)([[a-zA-Z0-9_]+).html$ archive/index.php/t-$1.html [R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^archive/t-([0-9]+)$ archive/index.php/t-$1.html [R=301,L]


I assume it's not very efficent. Is there a more compact way to do this?