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[bobmeetin]

I have to set up a bunch of custom rewrite rules for various pages where the content as moved. I use something like:

RewriteRule view-page.php?id=145 http://www.mysite.com/index.php/newpath/item/$new_numberR=301,L

Unfortunately this is throwing a 404 error. It is balking at the question mark and what follows. I verified this by testing some simple lines without the question mark such as:

RewriteRule view-page.php http://www.mysite.com/index.php/newpath/item/$new_number  [R=301,L]

which works but is useless without the ?id=$number

Just guessing I tried things like a backslash in front of the question mark ( \> ), added a slash and even full path at the very beginning:

RewriteRule /view-page.php\?id=145 http://www.mysite.com/index.php/newpath/item/$new_numberR=301,L]
RewriteRule /view-page.php?id=145 http://www.mysite.com/index.php/newpath/item/$new_numberR=301,L]
RewriteRule http://www.mysite.com/view-page.php?id=145 http://www.mysite.com/index.php/newpath/item/$new_numberR=301,L]

Where to next?

[bobmeetin]

Figured this out, here is what worked, 2 lines of code for each:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} report_id=145
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?option=whatever&id=269 [L,R=301]

QUERY_STRING is verbatim; you don't replace it.

Edited by bobmeetin, 29 October 2012 - 04:59 PM.