Question

I have this URL:

oldsite.example/profile.php?uid=10

I would like to rewrite it to:

newsite.example/utenti/10

How can I do that?

I wrote this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^uid=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^profile\.php$ http://www.newsite.example/utenti/$1 [R=301,L]

But $1 matches the full query string and not just the user id.

Answer 1

To use matches in the rewrite conditions, you have to use %1 instead of $1. Also, if you wish to remove the rest of the query string you have to append a ?

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^uid=([0-9]+)$
RewriteRule ^profile\.php$ http://www.newsite.example/utenti/%1? [R=301,L]