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zentz · 03-07-2010, 03:07 PM

Is there a wildcard that i can use if i want to redirect all urls containing /somedir/blabla/694 ?

example
Redirect 301 /somedir/blabla/694-some-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-link
Redirect 301 /somedir2/blabla/694-some-other-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-other-link
Redirect 301 /somedir3/blabla/694-some-third-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-third-link

Basicly i want to remove "/somedirX" and "694-" from the urls. Is this possible to do this with 1 line of code or do i need 1 line for each url redirect?

Thank you

Kevsh · 03-08-2010, 12:21 AM

You can use regular expressions with redirects, so something like this - although I'm sure the syntax is not exactly correct, hopefully you get the idea:

Redirect 301 /somedir[0-9]*/694-(.*) http://www.website.com/blabla/$2

[0-9]* says to match any number between 0 and 9, zero or more times
(.*) matches any character, zero or more times
$2 will copy the contents matched by (.*) and preserve them

These links may be of some help:
http://www.gnc-web-creations.com/301-redirect.htm
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html

Iron Fist · 03-08-2010, 01:13 AM

One and done.

03-07-2010, 03:07 PM	#1
zentz Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,053	.htaccess redirect, wildcard Is there a wildcard that i can use if i want to redirect all urls containing /somedir/blabla/694 ? example Redirect 301 /somedir/blabla/694-some-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-link Redirect 301 /somedir2/blabla/694-some-other-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-other-link Redirect 301 /somedir3/blabla/694-some-third-link http://www.website.com/blabla/some-third-link Basicly i want to remove "/somedirX" and "694-" from the urls. Is this possible to do this with 1 line of code or do i need 1 line for each url redirect? Thank you Last edited by zentz; 03-07-2010 at 03:09 PM..

03-08-2010, 01:13 AM	#3
Iron Fist Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 23,400	One and done. __________________ i like waffles

03-08-2010, 12:21 AM	#2
Kevsh Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: TO Posts: 8,619	You can use regular expressions with redirects, so something like this - although I'm sure the syntax is not exactly correct, hopefully you get the idea: Redirect 301 /somedir[0-9]/694-(.) http://www.website.com/blabla/$2 [0-9]* says to match any number between 0 and 9, zero or more times (.) matches any character, zero or more times $2 will copy the contents matched by (.) and preserve them These links may be of some help: http://www.gnc-web-creations.com/301-redirect.htm http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/misc/rewriteguide.html