Question

I would like to redirect without looking at the query string, and my redirect result no need append the query string as well, so I add a ? at the end of the RewriteRule.

I tried the following syntax, but the outcome just close to it.

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .* [NC]
RewriteRule ^exd\.asp$ http://www.example.com/index.php?r=p/consumer? [R=301,L]

and also, i tried to escape the first ?, which I need it, but still the same outcome.

RewriteRule ^exd\.asp$ http://www.example.com/index.php\?r=p/consumer? [R=301,L]

Outcome:

http://www.example.com/index.php?r=p/consumer%3f

I want to get ride of the %3f.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You don’t need to append a ? at the end if you already have a query string in your target. Just do this:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} .* [NC]
RewriteRule ^exd\.asp$ http://www.example.com/index.php?r=p/consumer [R=301,L]

By default, query strings get appended, like this:

RewriteRule ^foo$ /bar [L]

You request /foo?blah and you get /bar?blah

However, if you have a ? in your target, query strings won’t get appended unless you have the QSA, so:

RewriteRule ^foo1$ /bar? [L]
RewriteRule ^foo2$ /bar?q=2 [L]

You request /foo1?blah and you get /bar, you request /foo2?blah and you get /bar?q=2. If you include a QSA in the rewrite flags, then &blah gets appended to the end.