Mod rewrite help needed

[kalekom]

I have a small problem with redirecting.

I would like to redirect visitors from this aadress:

http://mysite.com/modules.php?name=Services

to

http://mysite.com/something/

I currently have tried:

RewriteEngine ON

RewriteRule   ^modules\.php?name=Services$ http://www.mysite.com/something/ [R=301,L]

but no luck...

Hope that someone can help.

Thanks.

 

[purebackend]

You can't just plain redirect on the query string, you have to add a RewriteCond such as

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=Services$
RewriteRule   ^modules\.php$ hxxp://w3.mysite.com/something/ [R=301,L]

 

[kalekom]

Thanks, but this also passes query string to my new address. How to avoid that?

 

[neobyte]

Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^modules\.php\?name=Services$ http://mysite.com/something/ [L]

 

[kalekom]

Thanks, but this is not working at all...

Try this:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^modules\.php\?name=Services$ http://mysite.com/something/ [L]

 

[_Austin]

Let me know if this works for you:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^contact$ modules.php?name=Services [L]

_Austin

 

[kalekom]

Thanks for trying Austin!

I have basic understanding how mod_rewrite works and this is not what I'm looking for.

Solution posted by purebackend works but it also sends query string (?name=Services) to new address that it will become http://mysite.com/something/?name=Services. I would just like to send visitors from

http://mysite.com/modules.php?name=Services

to

http://mysite.com/something/

Let me know if this works for you:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^contact$ modules.php?name=Services [L]

_Austin

 

[BlackMelvyn]

Try this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=Services$
RewriteRule   modules\.php /something/ [R=301,L]

 

[kalekom]

Try this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=Services$
RewriteRule   modules\.php /something/ [R=301,L]

Also passes query string name=Services so visitors will be redirected to www.mysite.com/something/?name=Services

 

[BlackMelvyn]

what about this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=Services$
RewriteRule   modules\.php /something/? [R=301,L]

It will force query string to be null

 

[kalekom]

what about this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond   %{QUERY_STRING} ^name=Services$
RewriteRule   modules\.php /something/? [R=301,L]

It will force query string to be null

Thanks, this works ok.