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Asked: 2026-05-26T17:25:58+00:00

The first part of my code works and redirects/rewrites to new/file . Problem occurs

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The first part of my code works and redirects/rewrites to new/file. Problem occurs when I try to pass variables. They all get redirected to new/file

Whatever variable I try to pass in file.php?foo=bar redirects to new/file instead of new/file/bar.

for example:

  • new/file rewrites to file.php
  • new/file/2 rewrites to file.php?page=2
  • file.php redirects to new/file
  • file.php?page=2 doesn’t redirect to new/file/2 but get’s overwritten to new/file instead

My code: 

RewriteBase /domain.com

#regular 
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !redirect=no
RewriteRule ^file\.php$ new/file? [NS,R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^new/file?$ file.php?redirect=no [NS]

#with variable
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^page=([0-9-]+)/?$ 
RewriteRule ^file\.php$ new/file/%1?  [NS,R=301,L] 
RewriteRule ^new/file/([0-9-]+)/?$ file.php?page=$1&redirect=no [NS]

Please note that I am passing more than just page variables.

I’m thinking maybe a QSA flag is supposed to go somewhere?

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  1. Editorial Team
    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !redirect=no
RewriteRule ^file\.php$ new/file [NS,R=301,L]
RewriteRule ^new/file$ file.php?redirect=no [NS]

    In line 2 you had ?. This will replace the current querystring, and page=2 is lost.

    In line 3 you had a ?. Paths don’t contain questionmarks. Secondly the questionmark is interpreted as an “optional letter ‘e'”, because it is a RegEx. So “/new/fil” would also work (try it out).

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