Question

What rule should I write for redirection in htaccess so that

http://abc.com/http://xyz.com/path/ redirects to http://xyz.com/path/

but

http://abc.com/?url=http://xyz.com/path/ should not redirect

Thanks,
Loveleen

Answer 1

Important thing to remember for this kind of redirection is that Apache strips out all multiple slashes in RewriteRule match. For this reason it is better to use variable %{THE_REQUEST} which remains “as is”. SO just use this code in your .htaccess under DOCUMENT_ROOT directory:

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
# Turn mod_rewrite on
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s/+(https?://[^\s]+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R]