Question

I have this dynamic rule:

RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*)$ /rewrite.php?sub=$1&second=$2 [NC]

and I am trying to add some static rules like this:

RedirectMatch 302 /construction/pools.html http://www.{samedomain}.com/construction-services/pools

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The problem is when I type the following in the address bar:

http://www.{samedomain}.com/construction/pools.html

then apache redirects to:

http://www.{samedomain}.com/construction-services/pools?sub=construction&second=pools.html

What I want is apache redirects to:

http://www.{samedomain}.com/construction-services/pools

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Does anybody know why?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Redirects are processed in the order they appear, so it should work to place the static redirect before the RewriteRule. Don’t for get the [L] flag on your RewriteRule.

RewriteEngine On
# Match the static redirect first
RedirectMatch 302 /construction/pools.html http://www.{samedomain}.com/construction-services/pools

# Since your dynamic URLs don't end in .html, avoid those with RewriteCond
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.html$
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/(.*)$ /rewrite.php?sub=$1&second=$2 [NC,L]

Or you could do it without the RewriteCond if none of your dynamic urls have a .

RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^.]+)$ /rewrite.php?sub=$1&second=$2 [NC,L]