Question

I want to rewrite my apache mod_rewrite pattern. I use to do with following:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule /^([^A-Z0-9a-z]+)\.html /search.php?search_id=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

With the above rule I can’t get what I expecting.
Can anyone tell what is wrong with my code and how to solve it.

Edited.
my requirement is simple.
I want to redirect if i enter /1.html to /search.php?search_id=1

Thats it.

Answer 1

This should work:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !search\.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}  ^/([0-9]+)\.html [NC]
RewriteRule  .*    search.php?search_id=%1    [L,QSA]

Maps silently

http://example.com/FileID.html

To:

http://example.com/search.php?search_id=FileID

search.php is considered a fixed string, while FileID can be any number.

For permanent redirection, replace [L,QSA] with [R=301,L,QSA]